Long-Term Prophylactic Antibiotic Treatment: Effects on Survival, Immunocompetence and Reproduction Success of Parasemia plantaginis (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
Dickel, F., Freitak, D., & Mappes, J. (2016). Long-Term Prophylactic Antibiotic Treatment: Effects on Survival, Immunocompetence and Reproduction Success of Parasemia plantaginis (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Journal of Insect Science, 16(1), Article 46. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iew035
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Ekologia ja evoluutiobiologiaBiologisten vuorovaikutusten huippututkimusyksikköEcology and Evolutionary BiologyCentre of Excellence in Biological Interactions ResearchCopyright
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Hundreds of insect species are nowadays reared under laboratory conditions. Rearing of insects always implicates
the risk of diseases, among which microbial infections are the most frequent and difficult problems.
Although there are effective prophylactic treatments, the side effects of applied antibiotics are not well understood.
We examined the effect of prophylactic antibiotic treatment on the overwintering success of wood tiger
moth (Parasemia plantaginis) larvae, and the postdiapause effect on their life-history traits. Four weeks before
hibernation larvae were treated with a widely used antibiotic (fumagillin). We monitored moths’ survival and
life-history traits during the following 10 mo, and compared them to those of untreated control larvae.
Prophylactic antibiotic treatment had no effect on survival but we show effects on some life-history traits by
decreasing the developmental time of treated larvae. However, we also revealed relevant negative effects, as
antibiotic treated individuals show a decreased number of laid eggs and also furthermore a suppressed immunocompetence.
These results implicate, that a prophylactic medication can also lead to negative effects on lifehistory
traits and reproductive success, which should be seriously taken in consideration when applying a
prophylactic treatment to laboratory reared insect populations.
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