A5013824762- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Bird parasitology and diseases
- Animal testing and alternatives
- Marine animal studies overview
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
- Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Pharmacological Effects and Assays
- Avian ecology and behavior
Universidad de Murcia
2015-2024
Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos
2019
University of Veterinary Medicine
2016
Biomonitoring using birds of prey as sentinel species has been mooted a way to evaluate the success European Union directives that are designed protect people and environment across Europe from industrial contaminants pesticides. No such pan-European evaluation currently exists. Coordination large scale monitoring would require harmonisation multiple countries types samples collected analysed-matrices vary in ease with which they can be information provide. We report first ever assessment...
Biomonitoring using raptors as sentinels can provide early warning of the potential impacts contaminants on humans and environment also a means tracking success associated mitigation measures. Examples include detection heavy metal-induced immune system impairment, PCB-induced altered reproductive impacts, toxicity with lead in shot game. Authorisation such releases implementation is now increasingly delivered through EU-wide directives but there little established pan-European monitoring to...
The widespread use of anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) poses a worldwide threat to farmland wildlife. These compounds accumulate in tissues both target and non-target species, potentially endangering direct consumers their predators. However, investigations on ARs blood free-ranging predatory birds are rare. Here, the long-eared owl (Asio otus) has been used as model predator assess AR exposure different agricultural landscapes from Mediterranean semiarid region. A total 69 owlets 38 nests...
Mycotoxins perturb the gut microbiota performance. Bioactive compounds have been recently used as a new food strategy to diminish mycotoxins bioaccessibility and prevent their toxic effects on human animal health. Male female Wistar rats were exposed orally twelve different diets containing aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and/or ochratoxin A (OTA) with or without fermented whey (FW) pumpkin (P) for 28 days. Fecal using 16S rRNA gene sequencing subsequent metagenomics analysis analyzed study effect of...
Birds of prey, owls and falcons are widely used as sentinel species in raptor biomonitoring programmes. A major current challenge is to facilitate large-scale by coordinating contaminant monitoring activities building capacity across countries. This requires sharing, dissemination adoption best practices addressed the Networking Programme Research Monitoring for with Raptors Europe (EURAPMON) now being advanced ongoing international COST Action European Raptor Biomonitoring Facility. The...
Information on the exposure of wild birds to pharmaceuticals from wastewater and urban refuse is scarce despite enormous amount drugs consumed discarded by human populations. We tested for presence a battery antibiotics, NSAIDs, analgesics in blood white stork (Ciconia ciconia) nestlings vicinity waste dumps contaminated rivers Madrid, central Spain. also carried out literature review occurrence concentration compounds other bird species further evaluate possible shared routes with storks....
Pharmaceuticals are still considered emerging pollutants affecting both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Scavenging bird species may be exposed to veterinary drugs when they feed on livestock carcasses provided at supplementary feeding stations, as these often stocked with ailing and/or recently medicated animals. Because those animals a source of several different pharmaceutical compounds, analytical methods evaluate residue levels exposure potential should enable detection...
Neonicotinoids are insecticides used worldwide in phytosanitary and biocidal products veterinary pharmaceuticals. Recently, some restrictions bans have been imposed due to their adverse effects on nontarget invertebrates, including pollinators. Although they may direct indirect wild vertebrates, few studies assessed exposure these compounds birds, so our knowledge remains limited. In the present pilot study we prevalence of seven neonicotinoid metabolites whole blood samples from 19 European...