Occurrence and fate of antibiotics in manure during manure treatments: A short review

By Astrid Spielmeyer. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 2018

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Abstract Veterinary antibiotics are frequently applied in livestock farming worldwide and their usage is expected to increase during the next years by more than 60%. The aim of this review is to give a brief overview about excretion rates reported for diverse antibiotics and their fate within different manure treatments. Depending on the substance, 99%). Based on reported transformation products of distinct antibiotics, degradation cannot be presumed for most compounds. In many cases, only minor structural modifications were observed and several transformation products are still microbiologically active. Consequently, manure treatments should not be evaluated based on the disappearance of the parent compound only. Comprehensive studies should include the elucidation of elimination pathways to identify efficient processes for reducing the input of antibiotics into the environment.

Subfields: Pharmacology, Pollution

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