Acute Toxicity and Environmental Risks of Five Veterinary Pharmaceuticals for Aquatic Macroinvertebrates

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 139-143

  Bundschuh, Mirco ^a,b   Hahn, Torsten ^c,d   Ehrlich, Bert ^a   Höltge, Sibylla ^d   Kreuzig, Robert ^d   Schulz, Ralf ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiparasitics; Benzimidazole anthelmintics; Ivermectin; Predicted environmental concentration; Predicted no effect concentration; Sulfonamide antibiotics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY; WATER;

ANTIPARASITICS; BENZIMIDAZOLE ANTHELMINTICS; IVERMECTIN; PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; SULFONAMIDE ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; FENBENDAZOLE; FLUBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; SULFADIAZINE; SULFADIMIDINE; VETERINARY DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; AQUATIC SPECIES; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAMETHAZINE; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE; VETERINARY DRUGS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84956797132     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-015-1656-8     Document Type: Article

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