Pharmaceuticals are considered emerging contaminants in terms of impacts on wildlife. One chemical group concern is euthanasia agents used veterinary medicine. Here we present data the occurrence barbiturate intoxication using samples collected from 2004 to 2020 suspected wildlife and domestic animal poisoning cases Spain (n = 3210). Barbiturate was seen 3.4% (45/1334) total number confirmed in...

Visceral gout is reported for the first time in a rough legged hawk (Buteo lagopus). Urate crystals were present on the pericardium, thoracic and abdominal air sacs, and the ventral surface of the liver. The liver and spleen also had urate crystals throughout the parenchyma. There was no indication of articular or renal involvement. The immediate cause of death in this hawk was not identified, ...