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20 October 2020 Application and Evaluation of Novel Chromatographic Techniques to Detect and Quantitate 108 Pesticides and Metabolites in Muscle Samples From Wild Birds of Prey
Mikel Sabater, Mercedes Castillo, Elvira Carbonell, Carmen González, Fernando González, Maria Luisa Pérez, Irene López
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Abstract

The application and evaluation of highly efficient chromatographic techniques with tandem mass spectrometry for the detection and quantitation of 108 pesticides and metabolites, some considered persistent organic pollutants, was performed in muscle samples obtained from 25 birds of prey belonging to the families Accipitridae, Falconidae, and Strigidae presented dead in 2013 to Grupo de Rehabilitación de la Fauna Autóctona y su Hábitat, in Madrid, Spain. Pesticides with prohibited use were detected at high concentrations in the muscle samples analyzed. Based on its high sensitivity to detect pesticides in muscle, the described chromatographic techniques with tandem mass spectrometry should be considered an alternative testing methodology to those commonly used for routine application in ecotoxicological forensic research.

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Mikel Sabater, Mercedes Castillo, Elvira Carbonell, Carmen González, Fernando González, Maria Luisa Pérez, and Irene López "Application and Evaluation of Novel Chromatographic Techniques to Detect and Quantitate 108 Pesticides and Metabolites in Muscle Samples From Wild Birds of Prey," Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 34(3), 217-228, (20 October 2020). https://doi.org/10.1647/1082-6742-34.3.217
Published: 20 October 2020
KEYWORDS
Accipitridae
Avian
birds of prey
chromatography
detection
Falconidae
mass spectrometry
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