Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorMooney, D.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Karl G.
dc.contributor.authorDanaher, Martin
dc.contributor.authorGrant, Jim
dc.contributor.authorGill, L.
dc.contributor.authorMellander, Per-Erik
dc.contributor.authorCoxon, C.E.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-03T14:49:49Z
dc.date.available2021-08-03T14:49:49Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.identifier.citationD. Mooney, K.G. Richards, M. Danaher, J. Grant, L. Gill, P.-E. Mellander, C.E. Coxon, An investigation of anticoccidial veterinary drugs as emerging organic contaminants in groundwater, Science of The Total Environment, 2020, 746, 141116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141116en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/2533
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractIntensification of the food production system to meet increased global demand for food has led to veterinary pharmaceuticals becoming a critical component in animal husbandry. Anticoccidials are a group of veterinary products used to control coccidiosis in food-producing animals, with primary prophylactic use in poultry production. Excretion in manure and subsequent land-spreading provides a potential pathway to groundwater. Information on the fate and occurrence of these compounds in groundwater is scant, therefore these substances are potential emerging organic contaminants of concern. A study was carried out to investigate the occurrence of anticoccidial compounds in groundwater throughout the Republic of Ireland. Twenty-six anticoccidials (6 ionophores and 20 synthetic anticoccidials) were analysed at 109 sites (63 boreholes and 46 springs) during November and December 2018. Sites were categorised and selected based on the following source and pathway factors: (a) the presence/absence of poultry activity (b) predominant aquifer category and (c) predominant groundwater vulnerability, within the zone of contribution (ZOC) for each site. Seven anticoccidials, including four ionophores (lasalocid, monensin, narasin and salinomycin) and three synthetic anticoccidials (amprolium, diclazuril and nicarbazin), were detected at 24% of sites at concentrations ranging from 1 to 386 ng L−1. Monensin and amprolium were the two most frequently detected compounds, detected at 15% and 7% of sites, respectively. Multivariate statistical analysis has shown that source factors are the most significant drivers of the occurrence of anticoccidials, with no definitive relationships between occurrence and pathway factors. The study found that the detection of anticoccidial compounds is 6.5 times more likely when poultry activity is present within the ZOC of a sampling point, compared to the absence of poultry activity. This work presents the first detections of these contaminants in Irish groundwater and it contributes to broadening our understanding of the environmental occurrence and fate of anticoccidial veterinary products.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipScience Foundation Ireland
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesScience of The Total Environment;746
dc.rights© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/*
dc.subjectEmerging contaminantsen_US
dc.subjectIonophoresen_US
dc.subjectCoccidiostatsen_US
dc.subjectFeed additivesen_US
dc.subjectPoultry productionen_US
dc.subjectGroundwateren_US
dc.titleAn investigation of anticoccidial veterinary drugs as emerging organic contaminants in groundwateren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141116
dc.contributor.sponsorTeagasc Walsh Scholarship Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorScience Foundation Irelanden_US
dc.contributor.sponsorEuropean Unionen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber13/RC/2092en_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber16/RI/3710en_US
dc.source.volume746
dc.source.beginpage141116
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-04T05:02:56Z
dc.source.journaltitleScience of The Total Environment


Files in this item

Thumbnail
Name:
1-s2.0-S0048969720346453-main.pdf
Size:
1.923Mb
Format:
PDF

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record