PMID- 38254401
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240128
IS  - 2076-2615 (Print)
IS  - 2076-2615 (Electronic)
IS  - 2076-2615 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 2
DP  - 2024 Jan 11
TI  - A Review of the Occurrence of Metals and Xenobiotics in European Hedgehogs 
      (Erinaceus europaeus).
LID - 10.3390/ani14020232 [doi]
LID - 232
AB  - Monitoring data from several European countries indicate that European hedgehog 
      (Erinaceus europaeus) populations are declining, and research exploring the 
      causes of the decline, including exposure to potentially harmful xenobiotics and 
      metals, may inform conservation initiatives to protect this species in the wild. 
      Hedgehogs are ground-dwelling mammals, feeding on a range of insects, slugs, 
      snails, and earthworms, as well as eggs, live vertebrates, and carrion, including 
      carcasses of apex predator species representing higher levels of the food chain. 
      Consequently, hedgehogs come into close contact with contaminants present in 
      their habitats and prey. This review investigated the studies available on the 
      subject of the occurrence of metals and organic xenobiotics in hedgehogs. This 
      study found that a vast range of different pesticides; persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs), including organochlorine compounds and brominated flame 
      retardants (BFRs); as well as toxic heavy metals could be detected. Some 
      compounds occurred in lethal concentrations, and some were associated with a 
      potential adverse effect on hedgehog health and survival. Due to their ecology, 
      combined with the opportunity to apply non-invasive sampling techniques using 
      spines as sampling material, we suggest that the European hedgehog is a relevant 
      bioindicator species for monitoring the exposure of terrestrial wildlife to 
      potential toxicants in urban and rural environments.
FAU - Rasmussen, Sophie Lund
AU  - Rasmussen SL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2975-678X
AD  - Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, The Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of 
      Biology, University of Oxford, Tubney House, Tubney, Abingdon OX13 5QL, UK.
AD  - Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, 
      Denmark.
AD  - Linacre College, University of Oxford, St. Cross Road, Oxford OX1 3JA, UK.
FAU - Pertoldi, Cino
AU  - Pertoldi C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4644-8981
AD  - Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, 
      Denmark.
AD  - Aalborg Zoo, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark.
FAU - Roslev, Peter
AU  - Roslev P
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8994-2154
AD  - Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, 
      Denmark.
FAU - Vorkamp, Katrin
AU  - Vorkamp K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1131-5687
AD  - Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
FAU - Nielsen, Jeppe Lund
AU  - Nielsen JL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8747-6938
AD  - Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, 
      Denmark.
LA  - eng
GR  - CF20_0443/Carlsberg Foundation/
GR  - J.nr. 2019-15128/Danish Environmental Protection Agency's/
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20240111
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Animals (Basel)
JT  - Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
JID - 101635614
PMC - PMC10812797
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Erinaceus europaeus
OT  - European hedgehogs
OT  - bioaccumulation
OT  - environmental pollution
OT  - heavy metals
OT  - non-target screening
OT  - target screening
OT  - toxicants
OT  - wildlife conservation
OT  - xenobiotics
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2024/01/23 06:43
MHDA- 2024/01/23 06:44
PMCR- 2024/01/11
CRDT- 2024/01/23 01:01
PHST- 2023/11/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/12/23 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/01/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/01/23 06:44 [medline]
PHST- 2024/01/23 06:43 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/01/23 01:01 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/01/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ani14020232 [pii]
AID - animals-14-00232 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ani14020232 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Animals (Basel). 2024 Jan 11;14(2):232. doi: 10.3390/ani14020232.