The Determination of the Prohibited Herbicide 4,6-Dinitro-Ortho-Cresol (DNOC) in Poisoned Domestic and Wild Animals in Italy
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. History
2.2. Sample Collection
2.3. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Year | N° of Positive Cases/ Total Analyzed Samples (% of Positive) | Type of Positive Samples | Mean Concentration (min-max) (g/kg) |
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2014 | 22/26 (85%) | 5 gastric content samples, 17 baits | - |
2015 | 15/30 (50%) | 2 gastric content samples, 13 baits | 6.2 (0.88–10) |
2016 | 1/7 (14%) | 1 bait | 15.36 |
2017 | 1/2 (50%) | 1 bait | 12.69 |
2018 | 9/16 (56%) | 1 gastric content sample, 8 baits | 6.64 (0.73–13.23) |
2019 | 1/2 (50%) | 1 gastric content sample | 5.1 |
2020 | 9/9 (100%) | 9 baits | 11.1 (1.78–22.99) |
2021 | 0/329 (0%) | - | - |
2022 | 0/242 (0%) | - | - |
Total | 58/663 |
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Rocchi, R.; Tinelli, A.; Gatti, G.; Badagliacca, P.; Cocco, A.; Cantelmi, M.C.; Damiano, A.; Scortichini, G.; Merola, C.; Petrini, A. The Determination of the Prohibited Herbicide 4,6-Dinitro-Ortho-Cresol (DNOC) in Poisoned Domestic and Wild Animals in Italy. Animals 2024, 14, 2483. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14172483
Rocchi R, Tinelli A, Gatti G, Badagliacca P, Cocco A, Cantelmi MC, Damiano A, Scortichini G, Merola C, Petrini A. The Determination of the Prohibited Herbicide 4,6-Dinitro-Ortho-Cresol (DNOC) in Poisoned Domestic and Wild Animals in Italy. Animals. 2024; 14(17):2483. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14172483
Chicago/Turabian StyleRocchi, Rachele, Antonella Tinelli, Giuseppe Gatti, Pietro Badagliacca, Antonio Cocco, Maria Chiara Cantelmi, Antonella Damiano, Giampiero Scortichini, Carmine Merola, and Antonio Petrini. 2024. "The Determination of the Prohibited Herbicide 4,6-Dinitro-Ortho-Cresol (DNOC) in Poisoned Domestic and Wild Animals in Italy" Animals 14, no. 17: 2483. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14172483