OBJECTIVE: To establish a method for the determination of dexlansoprazole concentration in plasma of Beagle dogs, and to evaluate bioequivalence of 2 kinds of Dexlansoprazole sustained-release capsules. METHODS: A total of 6 Beagle dogs were randomly divided into reference preparation group and test preparation group, with 3 dogs in each group. In double cycle cross randomized trial (cleaning period lasting for one week) design, they were given reference preparation and test preparation of Dexlansoprazole sustained-release capsules 60 mg once. The blood sample 2 mL of forelimb vein were collected before medication, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 h after medication, respectively. The concentration of dexlansoprazole in plasma of Beagle dogs was determined by LC-MS/MS. Using omeprazole as internal standard, the determination was performed on Inertsil ODS with mobile phase consisted of methanol-0.1% formic acid solution (90 ∶ 10,V/V). ESI was used for positive ion scanning by multiple reaction monitoring mode. The ion pair for quantitative analysis were m/z 369.9→251.7 (dexlansoprazole) and m/z 345.7→197.9 (internal standard), respectively. The pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by using DAS 3.1.6 software. The bioequivalence of two preparations were investigated by bilateral t test,(1-2α)confidence interval (CI) method and Wilcoxon test. RESULTS: The linear range of dexlansoprazole concentration was 10-4 000 ng/mL. The lower limit of quantitation was 10 ng/mL; RSDs of inter-batch and intra-batch were lower than 10%. The accuracy ranged 94.40%-105.20%. The pharmacokinetic parameters of reference preparation or test preparation of single fasting dose were as follows: AUC0-t were (8 892.48±1 399.67),(8 683.71±1 167.88)ng·h/mL,AUC0-∞ were (8 925.73±1 399.64),(9 053.08±1 553.46)ng·h/mL,tmax were (3.50±0.71),(3.75±1.21)h,cmax were (2 980.00±487.40),(2 863.33±331.34)ng/mL, respectively. 90%CI of AUC0-t, AUC0-∞ and cmax for test preparation were 80%-125% of corresponding parameters of reference preparation; there was no statistical significance in tmax between 2 preparations(P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: LC-MS/MS is suitable for the determination of dexlansoprazole concentration in Beagle dogs plasma. Moreover, the two preparations are bioequivalent in Beagle dogs.