Season-long simplification of insect communities in dung from cattle treated with an extended-release formulation of the parasiticide eprinomectin

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creativework.keywords - en
biological monitoring
ecological risk assessment
environmental toxicology
insecticides
terrestrial invertebrate toxicology
fecal residues
creativework.keywords - fr
surveillance biologique
risques écotoxicologique
écotoxicologie
insecticides
résidus fécaux
toxicologie des invertébrés terrestres
dc.contributor.author
Backmeyer, Sydney J.
Goater, Cameron
Challis, Jonathan K.
Floate, Kevin D.
dc.date.accepted
2023-01-02
dc.date.accessioned
2024-06-21T20:33:08Z
dc.date.available
2024-06-21T20:33:08Z
dc.date.issued
2023-01-09
dc.date.submitted
2022-10-25
dc.description.abstract - en
Cattle treated with LongRange®, an injectable formulation of the parasiticide eprinomectin, fecally excrete insecticidal residues for an extended period post application. We examined the nontarget effect of these residues by comparing insect communities developing in dung of untreated cattle (week 0) with those developing in dung of cattle treated 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24 or 25 weeks previously. Chemical analyses of dung showed that eprinomectin concentrations peaked at 1 week post application and were still detectable at 25 weeks. Results from two separate experiments showed that dung of untreated cattle supported more total insects (beetles, flies, parasitoid wasps) and insect species than did dung of cattle treated for ≤12 weeks (Experiment 1) and ≤25 weeks (Experiment 2) previously. For the two experiments, an effect of residue on individual taxa was either not detected (nine cases) or was determined to suppress insect development in dung of cattle treated for 8–12 weeks (two cases), 12–16 weeks (three cases), 16–20 weeks (two cases), or 24 or 25 weeks (six cases) previously. Flies and their parasitoid wasps were particularly sensitive to residues with suppression often at or near 100%. These results show that cattle treated with LongRange in spring will fecally excrete residues for the entire grazing season with an associated simplification of the dung insect community. The effect of this simplification on the long-term health on dung-breeding populations of insects on pastures and dung degradation was not examined in the present study, but merits future research.
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Backmeyer, S. J., Goater, C., Challis, J. K., & Floate, K. D. (2023). Season-long simplification of insect communities in dung from cattle treated with an extended-release formulation of the parasiticide eprinomectin. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 42(3), 684-697. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5558
dc.identifier.doi
https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5558
dc.identifier.issn
1552-8618
0730-7268
dc.identifier.uri
https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/2625
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
SETAC / Wiley Periodicals LLC
dc.rights - en
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
dc.rights - fr
Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
dc.rights.uri - en
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights.uri - fr
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.fr
dc.subject - en
Agriculture
dc.subject - fr
Agriculture
dc.subject.en - en
Agriculture
dc.subject.fr - fr
Agriculture
dc.title - en
Season-long simplification of insect communities in dung from cattle treated with an extended-release formulation of the parasiticide eprinomectin
dc.type - en
Article
dc.type - fr
Article
local.article.journalissue
3
local.article.journaltitle
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
local.article.journalvolume
42
local.pagination
684-697
local.peerreview - en
Yes
local.peerreview - fr
Oui
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