TABLE 4.
Antibiotics used in this work, their dosages applied in each treatment per hive in the presented trials, and recommended doses for full-size coloniesa
| Experimental theses |
Dose per treatment (mg)b | Recommended dose for full-size coloniesc | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Active ingredient | Commercial brand | |||
| CTR | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| PT | Oxytetracycline HCl | Pan-Terramicina Zoetis | 13.5 | 800–1200 mg | (62, 63) |
| SUL | Sulfaquinoxaline 2% + Sulfadimethoxine 1% |
Sulfac Formevet | 4.5 | 1 g/3.7 liter | (63) |
| TL | Tylosin Tartrate | Tylan Soluble Elanco | 10.0 | 200 mg/7 g powdered sugar |
(64) |
a
CTR, control; PT, Pan-Terramicina; SUL, sulphonamides; TL, tylosin; NA, not applicable. All antibiotics or antimicrobial agents were prepared in 30 ml of sugar syrup and sprayed on. or fed to bees.
b
Dose recalculated according to the colony size of micro-hives, expressed as mg or μl of active ingredient dissolved in 30 ml of sugar syrup.
c
Total recommended dose for 3 administrations with weekly cadence.