Environmental pollution and its impact on domestic animals and wildlife

摘要: Environmental pollution is a major global problem posing serious risk to man and animals. It defined as the human alteration of chemical or physical characteristics environment degree that harmful living organisms. Rapid pace urbanization, industrialization indiscriminate improper use chemicals such pesticides drugs have resulted in increased contamination degradation leading adverse health effects on beings problems associated with residues food animal origin. Recent emergences environmental related toxicity animals detection products at an increasing frequency underlined impact biotic component. The deleterious may be observed form overt clinical signs higher morbidity mortality subtle subclinical effects. Pesticide toxicity, plumbism, mercury poisoning fluorosis are some commonly encountered toxic due domestic low level exposure pollutants often system, These include oxidative stress, immunotoxicity, carcinogenicity, teratogenecity endocrine disruption. Wild animals, like their counterparts also suffer from pollution. Eggshell thinning birds prey DDT heavy amongst fish aquatic ecosystem mercury, oil spills acid rains notable examples wild life.. Recently, decline vulture population Indian subcontinent has been linked drug residues. This drawn attention researchers environmentalist owing drastic important raptorial bird species resultant ecological degradation. Besides wildlife, pose public concerns because chain. Noise other reported cause physiology. review describes incidence, source pollutants, scientific achievements field particular reference wildlife health.