Validated ultra high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for quantitative analysis of total and free thyroid hormones in bovine …

JAL Kiebooms, J Wauters, JV Bussche… - … of Chromatography a, 2014 - Elsevier
Thyroid hormones are essential hormones for regulating growth and development. Methods
to accurately monitor low-levels (ppb-ppt) of these hormones in serum are needed to assess …

Toward a new European threshold to discriminate illegally administered from naturally occurring thiouracil in livestock

J Wauters, J Vanden Bussche, BL Bizec… - Journal of agricultural …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Thiouracil is a thyrostat inhibiting the thyroid function, resulting in fraudulent weight gain if
applied in the fattening of livestock. The latter abuse is strictly forbidden and monitored in the …

EURL Reflection paper 2.0: Natural growth promoting substances in biological samples: Presence-and formation-of hormones and other growth promoting substances …

AA Larrañaga, MJ Groot, MH Blokland, IM Barbu… - 2022 - library.wur.nl
From 29 November to 1 December 1995, Directorate-General VI, Agriculture, of the
European Commission organised the “Scientific conference on growth promotion in meat …

In vitro simulation of the equine hindgut as a tool to study the influence of phytosterol consumption on the excretion of anabolic–androgenic steroids in horses

AI Decloedt, L Bailly-Chouriberry, JV Bussche… - The Journal of Steroid …, 2015 - Elsevier
Traditionally, steroids other than testosterone are considered to be synthetic, anabolic
steroids. Nevertheless, in stallions, it has been shown that β-Bol can originate from naturally …

Discovery of urinary biomarkers to discriminate between exogenous and semi-endogenous thiouracil in cattle: A parallel-like randomized design

L Van Meulebroek, J Wauters, B Pomian… - Plos one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
In the European Union, the use of thyreostats for animal fattening purposes has been
banned and monitoring plans have been established to detect potential abuse. However …

Thiouracil-Forming Bacteria Identified and Characterized upon Porcine In Vitro Digestion of Brassicaceae Feed

JAL Kiebooms, J Wauters… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
In recent years, the frequent detection of the banned thyreostat thiouracil (TU) in livestock
urine has been related to endogenous TU formation following digestion of glucosinolate-rich …

Determination of thyreostats in urine using supported liquid extraction and mixed-mode cation-exchange solid-phase extraction: screening and confirmatory methods

Á Tölgyesi, A Giri, E Barta, TJ McDonald… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The application of thyreostats in livestock has been banned in the European Union since
1981, but these drugs are currently in the focus due to the natural occurrence of thiouracil …

Trace monitoring of goitrin and thiouracil in milk and cheese

T Bertuzzi, S Rastelli, A Mulazzi, A Pietri - Food Analytical Methods, 2016 - Springer
Goitrin and thiouracil belong to the thyreostats, a group of compounds that inhibit the thyroid
function; thyreostats can be divided into two main groups: naturally occurring compounds …

Validation of a quantitative method using liquid chromatography coupled to multiple mass spectrometry for thiouracil in feedstuffs used in animal husbandry

JAL Kiebooms, J Wauters, J Vanden Bussche… - Analytical and …, 2015 - Springer
The use of thyreostatic drugs, like thiouracil (TU), in animal production has been banned for
over three decades by the European Union, due to potential teratogenic and carcinogenic …

Mouldy feed: A possible explanation for the excretion of anabolic‐androgenic steroids in horses

AI Decloedt, L Bailly‐Chouriberry… - Drug testing and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
To ensure fair competition and to protect the horse's welfare, horses have to compete on
their own merits, without any unfair advantage that might follow the use of drugs. Therefore …