Four veterinary drugs of dissimilar chemical structure were evaluated for environmental stability and penchant for bioaccumulation. The techniques used were I1) a model aquatic ecosystem (3 days) and (2) a model feedlpt ecosystem 133 days I in which the drugs were introduced via the excreta of chicks or mice. The model feedlot ecosystem was supported by metabolism cage studies to determine the'amount and the form of the drug excreted by the chicks or mice. Considerable quantities of all,the drugs were excreted intact or as environmentally short-lived conjugates.Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and Clopidol were the most persistent molecules, but only DES bioaccumulated to any 4ppreciable degree. Phenothiazine was very biodegradable; sulfamethazine was' relatively biodegradable and only accumulated in the organisms to very low levels.Data from the aquatic model ecosystem demonstrated a good correlation between the partitibn coefficients of the drugs and their accumulation in the fish.