Veterinary insecticides in wild bird nests: emerging contaminants in urban and protected forest habitats.

Zsófia Varga-Szilay¹, Olivér Csíkvári², Olga Ulbert³, Ivett Pipoly⁴, Gábor Seress⁵

¹HUN-REN-PE Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, University of Pannonia, H-8200 Veszprém, Hungary. Electronic address: zsofia@vargaszilay.hu.

²Charles River Laboratories Hungary, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary. Electronic address: oliver.csikvari@crl.com.

³Analytical Chemistry Research Group, Center for Natural Sciences, H-8200 University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary. Electronic address: ulbert.olga@mk.uni-pannon.hu.

⁴HUN-REN-PE Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, University of Pannonia, H-8200 Veszprém, Hungary; Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Center for Natural Sciences, H-8200 University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary. Electronic address: pipoly.ivett@gmail.com.

⁵HUN-REN-PE Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, University of Pannonia, H-8200 Veszprém, Hungary; Behavioral Ecology Research Group, Center for Natural Sciences, H-8200 University of Pannonia, Veszprém, Hungary. Electronic address: seress.gabor.laszlo@mk.uni-pannon.hu.

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Abstract

Veterinary ectoparasiticides widely used on companion animals often contain synthetic insecticides whose agricultural applications have been restricted in the European Union because of environmental concerns. These neurotoxic compounds can persist on animal fur and enter surrounding environments, potentially exposing non-target organisms. The Great Tit (Parus major), a common passerine in both urb…

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