Table 2.
Amount of sulfadiazine in μg/mg sedimentation dust at 5 localizations on 4 days
| Localization | Treatment | μg sulfadiazine per mg sedimentation dust | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | |||
| 1: Distance to the tub 2 m, height 2.10 m | Powder | 2.5 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ |
| 5.0 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | ||
| 25 mg/kg BW | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| Pellets | 25 mg/kg BW | < LOQ** | < LOQ** | < LOQ** | < LOQ** | |
| Granula | 25 mg/kg BW | < LOQ** | < LOQ** | < LOQ** | < LOQ** | |
| Sentinels | untreated | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | |
| 2: Distance to the tub 0 m, height 1.40 m | Powder | 2.5 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ |
| 5.0 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | ||
| 25 mg/kg BW | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | ||
| Pellets | 25 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ* | < LOQ* | |
| Granula | 25 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ* | < LOQ* | |
| Sentinels | untreated | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | |
| 3: Distance to the tub 2 m, height 1.40 m | Powder | 2.5 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ |
| 5.0 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | n.d. | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| 25 mg/kg BW | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| Pellets | 25 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ* | < LOQ* | |
| Granula | 25 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ* | < LOQ* | |
| Sentinels | untreated | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| 4: Distance to the tub 0.6 m, height 0 m | Powder | 2.5 mg/kg BW | n.d. | < LOQ | < LOQ | n.d. |
| 5.0 mg/kg BW | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||
| 25 mg/kg BW | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | ||
| Pellets | 25 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ* | < LOQ | |
| Granula | 25 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ* | < LOQ | |
| Sentinels | untreated | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | |
| 5: Distance to the tub 2.5 m, height 1.10 m | Powder | 2.5 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ |
| 5.0 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | 0.1 | ||
| 25 mg/kg BW | 0.2 | n.d. | 0.9 | 2.8 | ||
| Pellets | 25 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | |
| Granula | 25 mg/kg BW | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | < LOQ | |
| Sentinels | untreated | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
BW body weight, LOQ limit of quantification; * = p < 0.05 (vs. pellets), ** = p < 0.01 (vs. pellets)