Use of ivermectin to control the lesser mealworm (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in a simulated poultry broiler house.
Broiler chickens were fed ivermectin at a level of 2 ppm for 5 wk to determine its efficacy against the lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus. This treatment essentially eliminated lesser mealworm larvae; no ivermectin residues were found in the livers of the treated chickens, even without a withdrawal period. However, the feeding of ivermectin may reduce body weights body weight gain and feed efficiency at older ages.
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Livestock Insects Laboratory, LPSI, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology*; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000187:drug effects*; D006799:Housing, Animal; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000187:drug effects
D007559:Ivermectin