Ivermectin Articles & Analysis
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Many veterinary medicinal products, such as ivermectin, are excreted unchanged in the dung of treated livestock. These residues can be insecticidal and may reduce the function (i.e., dung‐degradation) of the coprophilous community. In the present study, we used a standard method to monitor the degradation of dung from cattle treated with ivermectin. The present ...
We compared the abundance of earthworms and springtails in soil beneath dung from untreated cattle and from cattle treated 0, 3, 7, 14, and 28 d previously with ivermectin. Study sites were located in different ecoregions in Switzerland (Continental), The Netherlands (Atlantic), France (Mediterranean), and Canada (Northern Mixed Grassland). Samples were collected using standard ...
The authors initiated a field experiment whereby a series of replicated plots received annual applications of ivermectin, monensin and zinc bacitracin, either singly or in a mixture. ...
Avermectins are widely used to treat livestock for parasite infections. Ivermectin, which belongs to the group of avermectins, is particularly hazardous to the environment, especially to crustaceans and to soil-dwelling organisms. ...