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Prioritizing Environmental Risks of Veterinary Antibiotics Based on the Use and the Potential to Reach Environment  

Seo, Young-Ho (Gangwondo Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Choi, Jun-Keun (Gangwondo Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Kim, Seung-Kyeong (Gangwondo Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Min, Hwang-Kee (Gangwondo Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Jung, Yeong-Sang (Gangwon National University)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.40, no.1, 2007 , pp. 43-50 More about this Journal
Abstract
Veterinary antibiotics have been widely used to increase feed efficiency, to prevent disease, and to promote growth as well as to control disease. The antibiotics administered can be excreted through the urine and feces. One of the major routes of veterinary antibiotics entering soil and water environment is via the application of animal manure to agricultural land as an organic fertilizer source. Since little is known about impacts of antibiotics on the environment, this study was conducted to prioritize the veterinary antibiotics based on the consumption and potential to reach the environment. Among 83 veterinary antibiotics consumed in Korea, ten antibiotics were used at the greater dose than 25 Mg in 2004. Potential to reach the environment was determined according to excretion rate after administered to animals and sorption affinity to soil solids after applied to agricultural land. Seventeen antibiotic active ingredients (Ais) were classified as 'High' priority in terms of the potential to reach the environment. An overall priority score was determined by combining priority score based on consumption with the degree of potential environment exposure. Twenty veterinary antibiotic AIs were classified as 'Very high' or 'High' priority requiring detailed assessment. The antibiotic AIs were identified four aminoglycosides, two macrolides, two penicillins, five sulfonamides, three tetracyclines, two quinolones, and two miscellaneous. Eight veterinary antibiotic AIs including amoxicillin, carbadox, chlortetracycline, neomycin, oxytetracycline, sulfamethazine, sulfathiazole, and tylosin were identified to have a greater priority of environmental risk in Korea.
Keywords
Consumption; Excretion rate; Prioritization; Sorption affinity; Veterinary antibiotics;
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