Skip to main content

Table 1 Dosage for eleven antibiotics tested against a gregarine pathogen infecting Romalea microptera grasshoppers.

From: Efficacy of eleven antimicrobials against a gregarine parasite (Apicomplexa: Protozoa)

 

Mean dose per individual grasshopper

 

Treatment group

Dose offered (mg/day)

Dose consumed (mg/day) ± SE*

Cumulative dose consumed (mg/19 day) ± SE

Mean dose (mg/gram fresh mass/day) †

Control

None‡

None‡

None‡

None‡

Albendazole

1.00

0.84 ± 0.16

15.95 ± 1.24

0.23

Ampicillin

5.00

3.77 ± 1.03

71.65 ± 7.44

1.05

Chloramphenicol

5.52

4.19 ± 0.51

79.75 ± 4.96

1.17

Fumagilin-B

0.10

0.10 ± 0.00

1.94 ± 0.03

0.03

Griseofulvin

5.52

4.66 ± 1.01

88.66 ± 11.08

1.30

Metronidazole

0.10

0.06 ± 0.03

1.18 ± 0.25

0.02

Quinine

2.96

2.47 ± 0.34

47.02 ± 6.43

0.69

Streptomycin

5.00

4.59 ± 0.48

87.25 ± 3.50

1.28

Sulfadimethoxine

0.38

0.10 ± 0.03

1.88 ± 0.74

0.03

Tetracycline

5.26

4.73 ± 0.49

89.93 ± 4.69

1.32

Thiabendazole

0.68

0.53 ± 0.16

10.15 ± 1.18

0.15

  1. *Not all individuals consumed a full dose each day.
  2. † [Mean dose consumed/animal/day]/average mass of a typical male
  3. ‡The Control group was given carrot leaf juice only.