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Scheffczyk A, Floate KD, Blanckenhorn WU, Düring RA, Klockner A, Lahr J, Lumaret JP, Salamon JA, Tixier T, Wohde M, Römbke J. Nontarget effects of ivermectin residues on earthworms and springtails dwelling beneath dung of treated cattle in four countries. Environ Toxicol Chem 2016; 35:1959-1969. [PMID: 26565894 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Revised: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The authorization of veterinary medicinal products requires that they be assessed for nontarget effects in the environment. Numerous field studies have assessed these effects on dung organisms. However, few studies have examined effects on soil-dwelling organisms, which might be exposed to veterinary medicinal product residues released during dung degradation. The authors compared the abundance of earthworms and springtails in soil beneath dung from untreated cattle and from cattle treated 0 d, 3 d, 7 d, 14 d, and 28 d previously with ivermectin. Study sites were located in different ecoregions in Switzerland (Continental), The Netherlands (Atlantic), France (Mediterranean), and Canada (Northern Mixed Grassland). Samples were collected using standard methods from 1 mo to 12 mo after pat deposition. Ivermectin concentrations in soil beneath dung pats ranged from 0.02 mg/kg dry weight (3 mo) to typically <0.006 mg/kg dry weight (5-7 mo). Earthworms were abundant and species-rich at the Swiss and Dutch sites, less common with fewer species at the French site, and essentially absent at the Canadian site. Diverse but highly variable communities of springtails were present at all sites. Overall, results showed little effect of residues on either earthworms or springtails. The authors recommend that inclusion of soil organisms in field studies to assess the nontarget effects of veterinary medicinal products be required only if earthworms or springtails exhibit sensitivity to the product in laboratory tests. Environ Toxicol Chem 2016;35:1959-1969. © 2015 SETAC.
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- Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Justus Liebig University Giessen, IFZ, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Justus Liebig University Giessen, IFZ, Giessen, Germany
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- Alterra, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire de Zoogéographie UPVM, CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS-Université de Montpellier-Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier-EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- Ecology & Evolution, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, ITZ, Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Zoogéographie UPVM, CEFE UMR 5175, CNRS-Université de Montpellier-Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier-EPHE, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Justus Liebig University Giessen, IFZ, Giessen, Germany
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Wohde M, Blanckenhorn WU, Floate KD, Lahr J, Lumaret JP, Römbke J, Scheffczyk A, Tixier T, Düring RA. Analysis and dissipation of the antiparasitic agent ivermectin in cattle dung under different field conditions. Environ Toxicol Chem 2016; 35:1924-33. [PMID: 27100922 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Cattle treated with the veterinary parasiticide ivermectin fecally excrete residues. The authors report the exposition and dissipation characteristics of these residues in dung of ivermectin-treated cattle and in soil beneath this dung on pastures in Canada, France, Switzerland, and The Netherlands. Residues were quantified for dung collected from cattle after 3 d, 7 d, 14 d, and 28 d posttreatment and subsequently exposed in the field for up to 13 mo. The authors optimized a high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection method to detect ivermectin residues in dung and soil matrices. They showed that a solid phase extraction and purification step generally can be eliminated to reduce the time and cost of these analyses. They also found that the addition of water to relatively dry samples improves the extraction efficiency of residues. They then analyzed the field samples to document differences in ivermectin dissipation in cattle dung among sites, with 50% dissipation times of up to 32 d and 90% dissipation times >396 d. They further showed that the dissipation characteristics of residues are comparable between dung of ivermectin-treated cattle and dung to which ivermectin has been added directly. Lastly, they report the first use of a desorption electrospray ionization-high-resolution-mass spectrometric method to detect residues of metabolites in a dung matrix. Environ Toxicol Chem 2016;35:1924-1933. © 2016 SETAC.
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- Manuel Wohde
- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Evolutionary Biology & Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Evolutionary & Functional Ecology, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier, France
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- Centre for Evolutionary & Functional Ecology, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Floate KD, Düring RA, Hanafi J, Jud P, Lahr J, Lumaret JP, Scheffczyk A, Tixier T, Wohde M, Römbke J, Sautot L, Blanckenhorn WU. Validation of a standard field test method in four countries to assess the toxicity of residues in dung of cattle treated with veterinary medical products. Environ Toxicol Chem 2016; 35:1934-1946. [PMID: 26174741 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2015] [Revised: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Registration of veterinary medical products includes the provision that field tests may be required to assess potential nontarget effects associated with the excretion of product residues in dung of treated livestock (phase II, tier B testing). However, regulatory agencies provide no guidance on the format of these tests. In the present study, the authors report on the development of a standardized field test method designed to serve as a tier B test. Dung was collected from cattle before and up to 2 mo after treatment with a topical application of a test compound (ivermectin). Pats formed of dung from the different treatments were placed concurrently in the field to be colonized by insects. The abundance, richness, and diversity of insects developing from egg to adult in these pats were compared across treatments using analysis of variance tests. Regression analyses were used to regress abundance, richness, and diversity against residue concentrations in each treatment. Results of the regression were used to estimate mean lethal concentration (LC50) values. The robustness of the method and the repeatability of its findings were assessed concurrently in 4 countries (Canada, France, Switzerland, and The Netherlands) in climatically diverse ecoregions. Results were generally consistent across countries, and support the method's formal adoption by the European Union to assess the effects of veterinary medical product residues on the composition and diversity of insects in dung of treated livestock. Environ Toxicol Chem 2016;35:1934-1946. © 2015 Crown in the right of Canada. Published by Wiley Periodicals Inc., on behalf of SETAC.
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- Kevin D Floate
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Evolutionary and Functional Ecology, French National Center for Scientific Research; École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paul Valéry University Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Center for Evolutionary and Functional Ecology, French National Center for Scientific Research; École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paul Valéry University Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
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- Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Tixier T, Blanckenhorn WU, Lahr J, Floate K, Scheffczyk A, Düring RA, Wohde M, Römbke J, Lumaret JP. A four-country ring test of nontarget effects of ivermectin residues on the function of coprophilous communities of arthropods in breaking down livestock dung. Environ Toxicol Chem 2016; 35:1953-1958. [PMID: 26363179 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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By degrading the dung of livestock that graze on pastures, coprophilous arthropods accelerate the cycling of nutrients to maintain pasture quality. Many veterinary medicinal products, such as ivermectin, are excreted unchanged in the dung of treated livestock. These residues can be insecticidal and may reduce the function (i.e., dung-degradation) of the coprophilous community. In the present study, we used a standard method to monitor the degradation of dung from cattle treated with ivermectin. The present study was performed during a 1-yr period on pastures in Canada, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland. Large effects of residue were detected on the coprophilous community, but degradation of dung was not significantly hampered. The results emphasize that failure to detect an effect of veterinary medicinal product residues on dung-degradation does not mean that the residues do not affect the coprophilous community. Rather, insect activity is only one of many factors that affect degradation, and these other factors may mask the nontarget effect of residues. Environ Toxicol Chem 2016;35:1953-1958. © 2015 SETAC.
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- Thomas Tixier
- Functional and Evolutionary Ecology Center UMR 5175, Zoogéographie, Université Paul-Valéry-Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Institut für Bodenkunde und Bodenerhaltung, Giessen, Germany
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- Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Institut für Bodenkunde und Bodenerhaltung, Giessen, Germany
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- Functional and Evolutionary Ecology Center UMR 5175, Zoogéographie, Université Paul-Valéry-Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Tracy CR, Tixier T, Le Nöene C, Christian KA. Field hydration state varies among tropical frog species with different habitat use. Physiol Biochem Zool 2014; 87:197-202. [PMID: 24642537 DOI: 10.1086/674537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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We have previously shown that ecological habit (e.g., arboreal, terrestrial, amphibious) correlates with thermoregulatory behaviors and water balance physiology among species of hylid frogs in northern Australia. We hypothesized that these frogs would be different with respect to their field hydration states because of the challenges associated with the different ecological habits. There are very few data on the hydration levels that frogs maintain in the field, and the existing data are from disparate species and locations and do not relate hydration state to habit or changes in seasonal water availability. We measured the hydration state of 15 species of frogs from tropical northern Australia to determine the influences of ecological habit and season on the hydration state that these frogs maintain. As predicted, frogs were significantly less hydrated in the dry season than they were in the wet season and showed significantly higher variation among individuals, suggesting that maintaining hydration is more challenging in the dry season. In the wet season, terrestrial species were significantly less hydrated than arboreal or amphibious species. During the dry season, amphibious species that sought refuge in cracking mud after the pond dried were significantly less hydrated than terrestrial or arboreal species. These data suggest that hydration behaviors and voluntary tolerance of dehydration vary with habitat use, even within closely related species in the same family or genus. Terrestrial and arboreal species might be expected to be the most vulnerable to changes in water availability, because they are somewhat removed from water sources, but the physiological characteristics of arboreal frogs that result in significant cutaneous resistance to water loss allow them to reduce the effects of their dehydrating microenvironment.
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- Christopher R Tracy
- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory 0909, Australia; 2Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia; 3Unité de Formation et de Recherche des Sciences et Techniques, Université Jean Monnet, 42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France
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Gasparoux J, Tixier T, Tordjeman P. Critical viscoelastic behavior of polydimethylsiloxane networks around the sol-gel threshold. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2007; 75:011802. [PMID: 17358175 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.75.011802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2006] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Seven model polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) networks were obtained by hydrosilation of a difunctional vinyl-terminated PDMS prepolymer with a SiH-containing cross-linker. Viscoelastic experiments, completed by size exclusion chromatography and static light scattering experiments, were performed in order to study the influence of molecular parameters on the dynamic properties around the sol-gel threshold. The dynamic critical parameter u was determined from experiments close to and above the sol-gel threshold. Our results show that the growth mechanism of PDMS clusters and the viscoelastic behavior are a function of the ratio NN_{e} , where N and N_{e} are, respectively, the numbers of Kuhn monomers between branch points and between entanglements. For NN_{e}<1 , the growth mechanism of clusters is the critical percolation and u=0.69 , and for NN_{e}>1 , the growth mechanim of clusters is the diffusion-limited cluster aggregation and u=0.76 .
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- Jennifer Gasparoux
- Laboratoire d'Analyse des Interfaces et de Nanophysique, UMR-5011, Universite Montpellier II, CC082, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Courty S, Lagubeau G, Tixier T. Oscillating droplets by decomposition on the spherical harmonics basis. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2006; 73:045301. [PMID: 16711867 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.73.045301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2004] [Revised: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In the framework of Rayleigh's description, we have investigated the eigenfrequencies of the capillary waves of a nonwetting droplet under forced oscillations (pointlike force). The theoretical model using the spherical harmonics Y(l,m)(theta, phi) as a part of the solution of the Laplace equation, is in good agreement with the experimental results. This model can be generalized for all kinds of excitations with a sitting or a levitating droplet due to the decomposition of the excitation on the spherical harmonics basis. From this study, a different theoretical way of interpreting droplet bouncing is presented motivating a wide range of industrial applications.
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- S Courty
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom.
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We study the spontaneous size selection in lyotropic cholesteric (W/O) and thermotropic nematic (O/W) liquid crystal emulsions. The droplet sizes have been characterized by dynamic light scattering, which indicates a narrow monomodal distribution of droplets achieved spontaneously even without emulsion filtration. Anchoring of the director, provided by the chosen surfactant on the interface, may generate a topological defect inside the droplet. Below the critical radius R = K/W, determined by the ratio of Frank elastic and the surface anchoring constants, the effective anchoring strength is weak and droplets are not topologically charged; this allows them to coalesce freely, depleting the size distribution in this range. Large droplets possess a topological charge of +1 and present a high elastic energy barrier for pair coalescence; the resulting size distribution is skewed, with R > R, and effectively frozen.
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- T Tixier
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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Tixier T, Heppenstall-Butler M, Terentjev EM. Stability of cellulose lyotropic liquid crystal emulsions. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter 2005; 18:417-23. [PMID: 16362200 DOI: 10.1140/epje/e2005-00053-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We studied a new kind of W/O emulsions based on a lyotropic liquid crystal as the aqueous droplet phase. The cholesteric phase, a solution hydroxypropyl cellulose in water was dispersed in the continuous oil matrix, paraffin oil or heptane. We made a specific choice of surfactant in order to impose director anchoring conditions at the oil-water interface and orient the liquid crystal inside the droplet. The strong anchoring conditions resulted in a topological defect inside the droplets of size above the critical value R(*). The defect elastic energy creates a barrier against droplet coalescence, the effect of topological size selection. We have studied the orientation of the director inside the droplets and their size distribution.
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- T Tixier
- Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0HE, UK
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