| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Authors: | G. Virlouvet, Bichon, E., Andre, F., Le Bizec, B. |
| Journal: | Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry |
| Volume: | 88 |
| Pagination: | 489-499 |
| Date Published: | jul-sep |
| Keywords: | Antiparasitic drugs, Dung beetles, faecal excretion, GC-MS, pyrethroids, sample preparation |
| Abstract: | Cattle treatment withantiparasitic drugs is associatedwithanimportant riskexposure for dung beetles.Previousstudiesdemonstratedtheimpactofsomeavermectinandpyrethroidcompoundson several species suchas Onthophagus gazellaandNeomyiacornicina. However, little informationis availableregardingtheeliminationofthesecompoundsinfaeces8daysafterapour-onadministration in dairy cows. The present study, utilising a dairy cowmodel with cypermethrin treatment, demonstratedthat concentrations indryfaecescanreachlevelsof 5mgkg |