Fatal embryo chondral damage associated with fluoroquinolones in eggs of threatened avian scavengers

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2421-2427

  Lemus, J Á ^a   Blanco, G ^a   Arroyo, B ^a   Martinez F ^a   Grande, J ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian scavengers; Chondral damage; Embryo toxicity; Fluoroquinolones; Vulture restaurants

Indexed keywords

AVIAN SCAVENGERS; CHONDRAL DAMAGE; EMBRYO TOXICITY; FLUOROQUINOLONES; VULTURE RESTAURANTS;

ANTIBIOTICS; GYPSUM; TOXICITY;

AGRICULTURE;

CIPROFLOXACIN; ENROFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BIRD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; EGG DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BREEDING SUCCESS; CHONDROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; GRIFFON VULTURE; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; RAPTOR; RED KITE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM);

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRDS; CHONDROCYTES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; OVUM; VETERINARY DRUGS;

AVES; GYPS FULVUS; MILVUS MILVUS;

EID: 68649091703     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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