ISSN:
1570-7458
Keywords:
ivermectin
;
Diastellopalpus
;
dung
;
Scarabaeidae
;
beetle
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract The amount of cattle dung buried in the field by afrotropical dung beetles, mainlyDiastellopalpus quinquedens Bates, was not affected by previous subcutaneous injection of the cattle with 0.2 mg kg−1 ivermectin. The numbers ofD. quinquedens larvae developing in brood masses, however, were reduced; only 28% of the brood masses made of dung voided two days after treatment of the cattle contained live larvae. When the brood masses were made of dung excreted 8 and 16 days after treatment 90 and 94%, respectively, contained live larvae.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02381550
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