Disruption of sex steroid hormones biosynthesis by short-term enrofloxacin antibiotic exposure in Carassius auratus var. Pengze.

Animal specific antibacterial enrofloxacin is widely detectable in aquatic ecosystem, exposure of the agent can induce adverse effects on plants and animals. This study firstly evidenced induction of disruption of sex steroid hormones by enrofloxacin in fish, which indicates enrofloxacin is an endocrine disruption compound that can induce endocrine disruption of animals, including fish.