title: [Animal biomonitoring and micropollutants in public health--review].
abstract: The aim of the present review is to provide a picture of the current knowledge on animal biomonitoring and on the link between pollution and Public Health. There are various reasons leading to this road: the need of early detection of industrial pollutants, especially micropollutants that have adverse effects in very low concentrations: it is important to disclose the presence of these compounds directly or through certain molecular biomarkers in living organisms rather than in the natural environment, where they are often below the detection threshold; the need to optimize the allocation of resources: some experiences of biomonitoring carried out in wild animals may be useful in the identification of pollution sources; however, biomonitoring of domestic animals appears to be more feasable and effective, because they share with humans the exposure to pollutants. Nowadays, professionals of different disciplines such as doctors and biologists do not share a common set of terms and definitions in animal biomonitoring: this review wants to give a contribution in the consolidation of the current knowledge under a common language.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana. pasquale.rombola@izslt.it
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rombolà
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Battisti
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scaramozzino
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000835:Animals, Wild; D015415:Biomarkers; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D006078:Government Programs; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011634:Public Health; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity; D013045:Species Specificity; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014873:Water Pollutants