<br> Content: CONTENTS; 1. PREFACE: Veterinary Pharmaceuticals in the Environment; DR. KERI HENDERSON, DR. JOEL COATS; 2. Veterinary pharmaceuticals in the environment: an introduction; KERI L.D. HENDERSON, JOEL R. COATS; FATE AND BIOAVAILABILITY; 3. A Review of the Fate of Manure-Borne, Land-Applied Hormones; H. HAKK, F.X.M. CASEY, Z. FAN, G. L. LARSEN; 4. Fate of Chlorate Salts Excreted from Animals; D. J. SMITH, C. E. OLIVER, H. HAKK, R. C. ANDERSON, G. L. LARSEN; 5. Influence of MnO2 on the transformation of oxy- and chlortetracycline in pond water; KENNEDY F. RUBERT IV, CURTIS J. HEDMAN, TAN GUO, JOEL A. PEDERSEN; 6. Comparative Biotransformation of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in Matrices of Agricultural Relevance; HEINZ-GEORG WETZSTEIN, JOSEF SCHNEIDER, WOLFGANG KARL; 7. Environmental fate and chemistry of a veterinary antibiotic-tylosin; DINGFEI HU, KERI L.D. HENDERSON, JOEL R. COATS; 8. An overview of the fate and effects of antimicrobials used in aquaculture; YONG-HAK KIM, CARL E. CERNIGLIA; 9. Fate and bioavailability of sulfamethazine in freshwater ecosystems; KERI L.D. HENDERSON, THOMAS B. MOORMAN, JOEL R. COATS; ASSESSING POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; 10. Livestock Hormones in Aquatic Ecosystems; YUE-WERN HUANG, DEV K. NIYOGI, PAUL K. NAM, JANET M. BANDEFF; 11. Characterization of Chlortetracycline-induced Glutathione S-Transferase to Conjugate Chloroacetanilide and Chlorotriazine Herbicides; MICHAEL H. FARKAS, JAMES O. BERRY, DIANA S. AGA; 12. Targets, Effects and Risks in Aquatic Plants Exposed to Veterinary Antibiotics; RICHARD A. BRAIN, KEITH R. SOLOMON, BRYAN W. BROOKS; 13. Risks of agricultural pharmaceuticals in surface water systems and soils; KEITH R. SOLOMON, DEREK G. HILLIS, LINDA LISSEMORE, PAUL K. SIBLEY; 14. Risk assessment considerations for veterinary medicines in aquatic ecosystems; BRYAN W. BROOKS, RICHARD A. BRAIN , DUANE B. HUGGETT, GERALD T. ANKLEY; INDEXES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX<br>