Formic acid (98–100%) was obtained from Riedel-de Haën (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA).
The extraction cartridges (Oasis HLB 3 mL, 60 mg) were provided by Waters (Milford, MA, USA).Amoxicillin, ampicillin, benzylpenicillin, cefalexin, cefquinome, ceftiofur, chloramphenicol, chlortetracycline, ciprofloxacin, danofloxacin, dimetridazole, doxycycline, enrofloxacin, florfenicol, florfenicol amine, flumequine, furaltadone, furazolidone, lincomycin, lomefloxacin hydrochloride, marbofloxacin, nalidixic acid, nitrofurazone, oxolinic acid, oxytetracycline, ronidazole, spyramicin, sulphadiazine, sulphadimethoxine, sulphadimidine, sulphamerazine, sulphathiazole, tetracycline hydrochloride, thiamphenicol, tilmicosine, tinidazole, trimethoprim, tylosin, and enrofloxacin d5 as the internal standards (IS) (purity >98%) were used and purchased from Fluka (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA).