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.