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

Veterinary insecticides in bird nests

I am delighted to share a preprint of our recent research study showing that veterinary ectoparasiticides are present in Great Tit (Parus major) nests not only in urban habitats but also in a protected forest, highlighting companion animal treatments as a previously under-recognised pathway of pesticide exposure in wild birds. Highlights Veterinary ectoparasiticides were detected …