Bulletin of Entomological Research (1992) 82, 257-264

C. Sommer, B. Steffansen, B. Overgaard Nielsen, J. Grønvold, K.-M. Vagn Jensen, J. Brøchner Jespersen, J. Springborg and P. Nansen (1992)
Ivermectin excreted in cattle dung after subcutaneous injection or pour-on treatment: concentrations and impact on dung fauna
Bulletin of Entomological Research 82 (2), 257-264
Abstract: Heifers were treated with the recommended doses of ivermectin: 0.2 mg/ kg bw by subcutaneous injection or 0.5 mg/kg bw by pour-on. An analytic procedure is described and used for the detection of ivermectin residues excreted in dung. A large amount of the higher pour-on dose was excreted during the first five days after dosing due to a more rapid distribution to intestinal contents. Later faecal concentrations after the pour-on treatment were lower than those found after subcutaneous injection. No degradation of ivermectin was detected in pats exposed in the field for up to 45 days. Ivermectin excreted in dung voided 1-2 days after both treatments significantly reduced the number of dung inhabiting larvae of Aphodius spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), but no effect was seen in dung deposited 13-14 days after treatments. Development of cyclorrhaphan larvae was inhibited in dung deposited up to 28-29 days after subcutaneous injection treatment, but only inhibited in dung deposited up to 13-14 days after pour-on treatment. The numbers of Nematocera larvae were not affected. In a laboratory bioassay the Diptera Musca autumnalis DeGeer and Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus) suffered higher mortality in dung from heifers treated by the subcutaneous injection 13-14 days earlier than in dung from heifers treated by pour-on at the same time. After subcutaneous injection, a significant reduction in the rate of decomposition was found in dung from heifers treated 1-2 days earlier, whereas pour-on led to a delayed decomposition in dung collected up to 13-14 days after treatment.
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Database assignments for author(s): Karl-Martin Vagn Jensen

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general
health/environmental effects of pesticides

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Haematobia irritans		Denmark
	Musca autumnalis		Denmark