Table 1

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


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

*Not all individuals consumed a full dose each day.

[Mean dose consumed/animal/day]/average mass of a typical male

The Control group was given carrot leaf juice only.

Johny et al. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2007 6:15   doi:10.1186/1476-0711-6-15