Multiresidue analysis of pesticides in urine of healthy adult companion dogs

Environ Sci Technol. 2014 Dec 16;48(24):14677-85. doi: 10.1021/es503764s. Epub 2014 Nov 26.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the background exposures to pesticides as detected in urine from 21 healthy companion dogs in Northern Colorado. A panel of 301 pesticides was used to screen urine samples collected from dogs using an established ultraperformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) platform. Canine food intakes were controlled for one month on diets that were also screened for pesticide contents. Fifteen distinct pesticides were detected in urine. The most frequently detected compounds in canine urine samples collected over a 1 month period were atrazine, fuberidazole, imidacloprid, terbumeton, and clopyralid. Fuberidazole was the only pesticide detected in both the diets and urine. Companion dogs develop many similar chronic diseases as humans and represent a relevant model for biomonitoring combinations of environmental pesticide exposures, as well as for evaluating the potential relationships between environmental exposures and disease risk.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Atrazine / urine
  • Benzimidazoles / analysis
  • Benzimidazoles / urine
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods
  • Colorado
  • Dogs
  • Eating
  • Environmental Exposure / analysis*
  • Environmental Monitoring / methods
  • Female
  • Male
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Pesticides / analysis
  • Pesticides / urine*
  • Pets / urine
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry / methods

Substances

  • Benzimidazoles
  • Pesticides
  • Atrazine
  • fuberidazole