Flumequine jẹ ọmọ ẹgbẹ kan ti quinolone antibacterial, eyiti o jẹ lilo bi egboogi pataki pupọ ninu ile-iwosan ti ogbo ati ọja inu omi fun iwoye gbooro rẹ, ṣiṣe giga, majele kekere ati ilaluja àsopọ to lagbara.O tun lo fun itọju ailera, idena ati igbega idagbasoke.Nitoripe o le ja si resistance oogun ati agbara carcinogenicity, opin giga eyiti eyiti o wa ninu ẹran ara ẹran ni a ti fun ni aṣẹ ni EU, Japan (ipin giga jẹ 100ppb ni EU).
Ni lọwọlọwọ, spectrofluorometer, ELISA ati HPLC jẹ awọn ọna akọkọ lati ṣe awari aloku flumequine, ati ELISA ti jẹ ọna ṣiṣe deede fun ifamọ giga ati iṣẹ irọrun.