Lack of pesticide toxicity to Echinostoma trivolvis eggs and miracidia.
Pesticides can elevate trematode infections in amphibians. However, direct adverse effects of pesticides on embryos and free-living stages of trematodes have not been thoroughly explored, despite the potential for these effects to reduce amphibian trematode infections. We measured the effects of atrazine, glyphosate, carbaryl, and malathion on embryo and miracidium (free-living stage) survival of Echinostoma trivolvis, a common trematode of amphibians. We found no evidence of biologically relevant effects of these pesticides at ecologically relevant concentrations.
Raffel
Thomas R
TR
Department of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA. traffel@cas.usf.edu
Sheingold
Jessica L
JL
Rohr
Jason R
JR
D000663:Amphibians; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001280:Atrazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012721:Carbaryl / Q000494:pharmacology; D006224:Cricetinae; D004449:Echinostoma / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D006540:Herbicides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008294:Malathion / Q000494:pharmacology; D008647:Mesocricetus; D012908:Snails; D000097797:Glyphosate
D001280:Atrazine; D012721:Carbaryl; D005998:Glycine; D006540:Herbicides; D007306:Insecticides; D008294:Malathion; D000097797:Glyphosate