Poultry Farms as a Potential Source of Environmental Pollution by Pharmaceuticals.

ABSTRACT: Industrial poultry breeding is associated with the need to increase productivity while maintaining low meat prices. Little is known about its impact on the environment of soil pollution by pharmaceuticals. Breeders routinely use veterinary pharmaceuticals for therapeutic and preventive purposes. The aim of this work was to determine the influence of mass breeding of hens on the soil contamination with 26 pharmaceuticals and caffeine. During two seasons-winter and summer 2019-15 soil samples were collected. Liquid extraction was used to isolate analytes from samples. Extracts were analyzed using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry detection (UPLC-MS/MS). The results showed the seasonal changes in pharmaceutical presence in analyzed soil samples

SUBMITTER: Wychodnik K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179153 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature