TY - JOUR
T1 - Veterinary antibiotics contamination in water, sediment, and soil near a swine manure composting facility
AU - Awad, Yasser M.
AU - Kim, Sung Chul
AU - Abd El-Azeem, Samy A.M.
AU - Kim, Kye Hoon
AU - Kim, Kwon Rae
AU - Kim, Kangjoo
AU - Jeon, Choong
AU - Lee, Sang Soo
AU - Ok, Yong Sik
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was supported by the Ministry of Environment as ‘‘The GAIA project’’ in Korea. Instrumental analysis was supported by the Korea Basic Science Institute, Institute of Environmental Research and the Central Laboratory of Kangwon National University in Korea.
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PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Antibiotics have been commonly used to prevent animal diseases and promote livestock productivity. However, its release into the surrounding environments leads to ecological disturbance and risks to human health. This study was conducted to monitor the occurrence and seasonal variations of antibiotics in water, sediment, and soil close to a swine manure composting facility, Korea. Various types of antibiotics such as tetracyclines (TCs) including tetracycline, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline, and sulfonamides (SAs) including sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, and sulfathiazole were measured by the high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry via a solid-phase extraction. In the results it was identified that the variations of measured antibiotics' concentrations in water, sediment, and soil are depending on the season. The observed concentration levels of TCs were higher in winter than in summer season, indicating that the low temperature is a parameter attributing to interruption of its degradation in water, sediment, and soil. The concentration levels of SAs were significantly higher than those of TCs and in general, all measured antibiotics' concentrations were also in general higher in Korea when compared to those in other countries. The long-term monitoring of antibiotics' residues in aquatic and terrestrial environments is necessary.
AB - Antibiotics have been commonly used to prevent animal diseases and promote livestock productivity. However, its release into the surrounding environments leads to ecological disturbance and risks to human health. This study was conducted to monitor the occurrence and seasonal variations of antibiotics in water, sediment, and soil close to a swine manure composting facility, Korea. Various types of antibiotics such as tetracyclines (TCs) including tetracycline, chlortetracycline, and oxytetracycline, and sulfonamides (SAs) including sulfamethazine, sulfamethoxazole, and sulfathiazole were measured by the high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry via a solid-phase extraction. In the results it was identified that the variations of measured antibiotics' concentrations in water, sediment, and soil are depending on the season. The observed concentration levels of TCs were higher in winter than in summer season, indicating that the low temperature is a parameter attributing to interruption of its degradation in water, sediment, and soil. The concentration levels of SAs were significantly higher than those of TCs and in general, all measured antibiotics' concentrations were also in general higher in Korea when compared to those in other countries. The long-term monitoring of antibiotics' residues in aquatic and terrestrial environments is necessary.
KW - Environment
KW - Solid-phase extraction
KW - Sulfonamides
KW - Tetracyclines
KW - Veterinary antibiotics
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U2 - 10.1007/s12665-013-2548-z
DO - 10.1007/s12665-013-2548-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84892671706
SN - 1866-6280
VL - 71
SP - 1433
EP - 1440
JO - Environmental Earth Sciences
JF - Environmental Earth Sciences
IS - 3
ER -
