Determination of 26 veterinary antibiotics residues in water matrices by lyophilization in combination with LC-MS/MS.

A sensitive, simple and reliable multi-residue method was developed for the determination of 26 widely used veterinary antibiotics including 6 macrolides, 2 pleuromutilins, 4 tetracyclines, 2 lincosamides, 6 fluoroquinolones and 6 sulfonamides in different water matrices using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Water samples were lyophilized to dryness. Target compounds were separated on Zorbax SB-Aq column (150mm×2.