Sentinel Species and Environmental Pollutants Exposure in Animal Health
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecology and Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 1035
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmentals toxicology; inorganic and organic contaminants; toxicological residues; food safety
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: sentinel species; bio-indicators; inorganic and organic contaminats; environmental pollution; animals health status
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental pollution represents a serious risk for human, animal and ecosystem. Although the significant advance in toxicological field and eco-friendy approaches, the anthropic activities are responsible of a continuos and incraesed diffusion of inorganic and organic contaminats (heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbs, PCB, pesticides, drugs, plastifing, microplastics, etc.). Therefore, a great attention is attually focused on both old and new emerging contaminats. In the studies on pollutants exposure and risk assessment, the animal species are often used as sentinels and valid bio-indicators to evaluate the environmetal pollution and, at the same time, animals health status, in consideration of their habitat. A significant contribution is given by the use of animals at the top of acquatic and terrestrial food chain, particularly predatory fishes, marine mammalians, wild species, birds, insects and, recently, companion animals as sentinel of public health. This Special Issue welcome new methodologies and research on these topics, ecotoxicological approach of analysis, risk assessment for both environment and animals health, the current state of knowledge and future directions of research in this field.
We invite contributors from the academia and education to publish all types of manuscripts, original article, short communication, high-quality reviews, case-report from several fields and disciplines (toxicology, veterinary sciences, animal welfare, analytical chemistry, ecology, environmental sciences, etc).
Dr. Clara Naccari
Dr. Ernesto Palma
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- sentinel species
- bio-indicators
- inorganic and organic contaminats
- environmental pollution
- animals health status
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