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The main aim of this study was to evaluate the toxicity of different poultry manure landfill leachates, using a well-known toxicity test system (MS3). The bioassay was made using a battery of toxicity tests including acute toxicity with crustacean (Daphnia magna), algae (Chlorella vulgaris) and the in vitro toxicity test with the fish cell line RTG-2. On D. magna was high mortality for zero time and almost 100 % and 70 %–80 % mortality for sawdust and straw poultry manure respectively. No effects on C. vulgaris, was observed after the leachate exposure. None of the parameters considered: protein, EROD activity, β-gal activity and neutral red, showed differences between control test and the leachate collected from exposure to poultry manure.
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We are grateful to INIA-FEDER for funding this study as part of the RTA2005-00120-CO2-01 and RTA2009-00074-00-00 projects. The authors wish to extend their sincere thanks to Ecotoxicology Laboratory for technical assistance.
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Delgado, M., de Imperial, R.M., Alonso, F. et al. Ecotoxicity Bioassays on Leachates from Poultry Manure. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 90, 401–404 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0936-9
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