| 1. | The eggs were also nitrofuran-free.
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| 2. | Before the ban was imposed, the use of nitrofuran was widespread in the country.
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| 3. | Resistance to nitrofurantoin may be chromosomal or plasmid-mediated and involves inhibition of nitrofuran reductase.
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| 4. | More specifically, the antimicrobials nitrofuran, malachite green, gentian violet, and fluoroquinolones, were detected.
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| 5. | At at the end of last year, some 53, 000kg of nitrofuran were surrendered to the ministry.
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| 6. | The chemical is the antibiotic nitrofuran, used by farmers to make animals grow faster and keep them infection-free.
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| 7. | Today, some 96.3 per cent of chicken breeders and sellers abide the regulations in banning the use of nitrofuran.
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| 8. | Of the total, 48, 000kg were exported to countries which allow the use of nitrofuran while the rest were destroyed.
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| 9. | A pig and a rabbit farm are under quarantine for suspicion of using the cancer-causing substance nitrofuran, officials said Tuesday.
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| 10. | The Agriculture Ministry said it will intensify the testing for nitrofuran in poultry farms and start testing pig and rabbit farms as well.
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