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Table 7 Studies on the transformation of VMPs and biocides in liquid manure and similar matrices (excrements, biosolids, etc., as specified in the second last column)

From: Occurrence and transformation of veterinary pharmaceuticals and biocides in manure: a literature review

Author (Year)

Substances

Substance class

TP

Initial concentration

DT50

Mineralization

Manure (type and source)

Dry matter

Akyol et al. (2016) [1]

Oxytetracycline

Tetracycline

+

1.51–2.57 mg/L

13–17 days

nd

Cattle (medicated, mixed excrements)

4.0, 5.5 %

Ali et al. (2013) [2]

Tylosin

Macrolide

160 mg/L

nd (highly pH and Eh dependant)

nd

Cattle (spiked, mixed lagoon sediment)

2.7 %

Álvarez et al. (2010) [3]

Oxytetracycline (OTC), Chlortetracycline (CTC)

Tetracycline

+

10, 50, 100 mg/L

15.4–12.0 (OTC), 4.1–3.2 (CTC) days

nd

Pig (spiked, tank)

nd

Angenent et al. (2008) [4]

Tylosin A

Macrolide

+

5.8 mg/L (measured)

2.49 h

nd

Pig (spiked, tank/ASBR)

nd

Arikan (2008) [5]

Chlortetracycline

Tetracycline

+

1.0 and 5.9 mg/L (buffer extraction, pH 4)

18 days

nd

Pig (medicated, mixed excrements)

5 %

Arikan et al. (2006) [6]

Oxytetracycline

Tetracycline

+

9.8 mg/L

56 days

nd

Cattle (medicated, mixed excrements)

5 %

Bailey et al. (2016) [9]

Sulfadiazine, sulfadimidine, sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline

Sulfonamide, tetracycline

Each 10 mg/L

nd

nd

Cattle (medicated, mixed excrements)

5, 10, 15 %

Blackwell et al. (2005) [11]

Oxytetracycline (OTC), sulfachloropyridazine (SCP)

Tetracycline, sulfonamide

19.2 (OTC), 26.1 (SCP) mg/L

79 (OTC), 127 (SCP) days

nd

Pig (spiked, tank)

2 %

Cetecioglu et al. (2013) [14]

Tetracycline

Tetracycline

Gradient: 1.65, 5.7, 8.5 mg/L

nd

nd

Synthetic (spiked, ASBR)

nd

Grote et al. (2004) [21]

Chlortetracycline (CTC), sulfadiazine (SDZ), trimethoprim (TMP)

Tetracycline, sulfonamide

+

Up to: 87.5 (CTC), 498.9 (SDZ), 15.8 (TMP) mg/kg

nd

nd

Pig (medicated, “barrels”)

nd

Harms (2006) [25]

20 different substances

Tetracycline, sulfonamide, and others

Numerous, many not given

nd

nd

Pig (medicated and spiked, tank)

nd

Heuer et al. (2008) [26]

Sulfadiazine (14C)

Sulfonamide

+

>80 mg/kg

nd (DT50 not reached)

<1 %

Pig (medicated, mixed excrements)

6 %

Höltge and Kreuzig (2007) [27]

Sulfamethoxazole, acetyl-sulfamethoxazole (each 14C)

Sulfonamide and metabolite

+

3 mg/kg

nd

≤1 %

Cattle (spiked, mixed excrements)

13 %

Huang et al. (2014) [29]

Chlortetracycline

Tetracycline

0.55 mg/g

nd

nd

Pig (medicated, spiked, mixed excrements)

nd

Joy et al. (2014) [32]

Bacitracin (BAC), chlortetracycline (CTC), tylosin (TYL)

Polypeptide antibiotic, tetracycline, macrolide

+

50 (BAC), 300 (CTC), 10 (TYL) mg/kg

1.9 (BAC), 1 (CTC), 9.7 (TYL) d

nd

Pig (medicated, mixed excrements)

0.84(BAC), 0.37(CTC), 0.89(TYL) %

Kolz et al. (2005) [34]

Tylosin

Macrolide

+

20 and 195 mg/L

DT90: 40–500 h

nd

Pig (spiked, lagoon water)

1.5, 3.6 %

Kreuzig (2010) [35]

Erythromycin (ERY), sulfamethoxazole (SMZ), cyanamidea (CYN), imazalila (IMZ), (each 14C)

Macrolide, sulfonamide, biocide, imidazole

Only absolute radioactivity given; 0.1–0.2 MBq

nd

<0.1 % (ERY, SMZ); 28 % (CYN); nd for (IMZ)

Pig, cattle (spiked, mixed excrements)

2.5, 5, 10 %

Kreuzig and Höltge (2005) [38]

Sulfadiazine (14C)

Sulfonamide

500 µg/kg

17 days

1 %

Cattle (spiked, mixed excrements)

13 %

Kreuzig et al. (2007) [36]

Fenbendazole (FEN), flubendazole (FLU), (each 14C)

Benzimidazole

+

200 (FEN), 2500 (FLU) µg/kg

nd (DT50 not reached)

<0.6 %

Pig (spiked, mixed excrements)

3–13 %

Kreuzig et al. (2010) [37]

Imazalila (14C)

Imidazole

+

4.3 and 4.5 mg/kg

>177 days

0.1 %

Pig, cattle (spiked, mixed excrements)

2.5, 5, 10 %

Kuchta and Cessna (2009) [39]

Lincomycin (LIN), spectinomycin (SPN)

Antimicrobial

38.7 (LIN), 387 (SPN) µg/L

nd

nd

Pig (spiked, lagoon water)

nd

Kühne et al. (2000) [40]

Tetracycline

Tetracycline

+

200 mg/L

9 days

nd

Pig (spiked, tank)

nd

Lamshöft et al. (2010) [41]

Difloxacin (DIF), sulfadiazine (SDZ), (each 14C)

Fluoroquinolone, sulfonamide

+

17.1 ± 0.4 (DIF), 156.0 ± 4.2 (SDZ) mg/L

nd (DT50 not reached)

0.2 % (DIF), 0.5 % (SDZ)

Pig (medicated, mixed excrements)

3.3–6 %

Li et al. (2011) [42]

Ceftiofur

β-Lactam antibiotic

+

19.1 µmol/L

1.7–41 (highly dependant on T and dilution ratio with water)

nd

Cattle (spiked, “water from farm”)

1.1 %

Loke et al. (2003) [45]

Oxytetracycline

Tetracycline

+

2 and 30 mg/L

nd

nd

Pig (spiked, tank)

nd

Loke et al. (2000) [44]

Tylosin A

Macrolide

+

5 mg/L

<2 days

nd

Pig (spiked, tank)

nd

Mitchell et al. (2013) [49]

Ampicillin, florfenicol, sulfadimidine, tylosin

β-Lactam antibiotic, amphenicol, sulfonamide, macrolide

+

Each 0.001–1.0 mM/L

nd

nd

Cattle (spiked, mixed excrements)

3–6 %

Mohring et al. (2009) [50]

8 Sulfonamides

Sulfonamide

+

2–14 mg/kg

nd

nd

Pig (spiked, biogas plant)

15.2 %

Riemenschneider et al. (2014) [57]

Colistin

Polypeptide antibiotic

1, 2, 5, 500 mg/kg

nd

nd

Pig and cattle (spiked, biogas plant)

3–4 %

Schlüsener et al. (2006) [59]

Erythromycin, roxithromycin, salinomycin, tiamulin

Macrolide, ionophore, pleuromutilin

+

2 mg/kg

6–>180 days

nd

Pig (spiked, tank)

nd

Shelver and Varel (2012) [61]

Chlortetracycline

Tetracycline

+

>100 and >300 ng/L (only given in figures)

>21 days at 22 °C, <5 days at 38 and 55 °C

nd

Pig (medicated, mixed excrements)

nd

Shi et al. (2011) [62]

Tetracycline, sulfamethoxydiazine

Tetracycline, sulfonamide

Each 25 and 50 mg/L

<12 h

nd

Pig (spiked, mixed excrements)

10 %

Stone et al. (2009) [64]

Chlortetracycline (CTC), tylosin (TYL)

Tetracycline, macrolide

+

28 (CTC), 1.1 (TYL) mg/L

nd

nd

Pig (medicated, manure)

nd

Szatmári et al. (2011) [65]

Doxycycline

Tetracycline

61.57 ± 14.26 mg/kg

53 days

nd

Pig (medicated, manure)

nd

Varel (2002) [67]

Carvacrola, thymola

Terpenoid

Each 6.7–16.75 mmol/L

nd

nd

Pig (spiked, mixed excrements)

nd

Varel et al. (2012) [68]

Chlortetracycline (CTC), monensin (MON)

Tetracycline, ionophores

5.9–8.3 (CTC), 0.3–0.74 (MON) mg/L

nd (DT50 not reached for MON)

nd

Pig, cattle (medicated, seed slurry and manure)

4 %

Wang et al. (2014) [72]

Tylosin

Macrolide

12 mg/kg

nd

nd

Pig (medicated, spiked, mixed excrements)

nd

Wang et al. (2015) [73]

Oxytetracycline

Tetracycline

+

3746.39 mg/kg

9.04 and 9.65 days

nd

Pig (medicated, spiked, mixed excrements)

22 %

Widyasari-Mehta et al. (2016) [76]

Doxycycline

Tetracycline

+

51 and 20 mg/kg

120 and 91 days

nd

Pig (spiked, tank, biogas plant)

1.8 %

Winckler and Grafe (2001) [78]

Tetracycline

Tetracycline

20 and 100 mg/L

55–105 days

nd

Pig (spiked, tank)

nd

Zheng et al. (2012) [80]

17-β-Estradiol, 17-α-estradiol, estrone

Hormone

+

Each 5 mg/L

nd

nd

Cattle (spiked, lagoon water)

nd

Zheng et al. (2013) [81]

17α-Estradiol-3-sulfate

Conjugate of a hormone

+

5 mg/L

23–724 days

nd

Cattle (spiked, lagoon water)

1.2 %

  1. TP transformation products considered, nd not determined or not defined, DT 50 disappearance time 50 %
  2. aBiocides