| Livestock (available studies) | Animal | Dose (mg/kg bw per day) | Duration (days) | N rate/comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laying hen | 10–50 | 3 | 833–4167N compared to the maximum dietary burden calculated for poultry | |
| Lactating goat | 10 | 3 | 323N compared to the maximum dietary burden calculated for cattle | |
| Source: Germany (2005) | ||||
| Time needed to reach a plateau concentration in milk and eggs (days) | 3 (according to the livestock feeding study) |
| Metabolism in rat and ruminant similar (Yes/No) | Yes |
| Animal residue definition for monitoring (RD‐Mo) | Imidacloprid, by default |
| Animal residue definition for risk assessment (RD‐RA) | Sum of imidacloprid and its metabolites containing the 6‐chloropyridinyl moiety, expressed as imidacloprid |
| Conversion factor (monitoring to risk assessment) | See Table B.2.2.1 |
| Fat soluble residues (Yes/No) | No |
| Methods of analysis for monitoring of residues (analytical technique, crop groups, LOQs) |
Muscle, fat, liver, kidney and eggs:
Milk:
Honey:
According to the EURLs, based on the general experience with this compound, it is expected that imidacloprid residues can be enforced with an LOQ of 0.01 mg/kg in all commodities of animal origin (EURLs, 2016) |
bw: body weight; HPLC‐MS/MS: high‐performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry; LOQ: limit of quantification; LC–MS/MS: liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry; QuEChERS: Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe.