Profiling of transcriptional biomarkers in FFPE liver samples: PLS-DA applications for detection of illicit administration of sex steroids and clenbuterol in veal calves

Administering growth promoters to meat-producing animals is strictly regulated within the European Community to preserve consumers’ safety. Nevertheless, illicit misuse of steroids and other veterinary drugs to increase animal production has still been found by National Residues Control Plans (NRCPs), mainly based on expensive targeted multi-class/multi-residue analytical methods, used for confirming quantification analysis of these residues in...