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Sublethal effects of the parasiticide ivermectin on male and female reproductive and behavioural traits in the yellow dung fly.
Chemosphere - 1 Mar 2020
van Koppenhagen Nicola, Gourgoulianni Natalia, Rohner Patrick T, Roy Jeannine, Wegmann Alexandra, Blanckenhorn Wolf U
Abstract excerpt
The veterinary pharmaceutical ivermectin is commonly used against parasites of livestock. Excreted in dung it can have lethal and sublethal effects on non-target organisms developing in and living around cattle dung. Research in this realm typically investigates the impact of pharmaceuticals on dung-feeding insects by looking at juvenile development and survival, while fitness effects of adult exposure are...
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