Development of a competitive immunochromatographic assay for the sensitive detection of amantadine in chicken muscle

•CGICA was established for the detection of AMD in chicken muscle.•CGICA had high sensitivity at 1.80 ng/mL.•The CGICA results were highly correlated with the ELISA and UPLC-MS/MS results.•CGICA is suitable for the rapid detection of AMD in chicken muscle on-site.

Amantadine (AMD) is a prohibitive veterinary medicine in the entire world. In this study, a sensitive colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay (CGICA) was established for the rapid semi-quantitative detection of AMD in chicken muscle. Under optimal conditions, the detection results were obtained in 12 min with a limit of detection for 1.80 ng/mL. CGICA presented a good linear range from 2.5 ng/mL to 25 ng/mL, with only 11.5% cross-reactivity with rimantadine. The recovery rates for the fortified samples were ranged from 81% to 120%. The coefficient of variation of the intra-assay and inter-assay was less than 15%. The accuracy of CGICA was confirmed by systematically comparing the result of the proposed method with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Given the advantages of its simplicity, convenience, and speediness, the proposed CGICA is suitable for the on-site rapid detection of AMD in chicken muscle.