Does Faeces Excreted by Moxidectin-Treated Sheep Impact Coprophagous Insects and the Activity of Soil Microbiota in Subtropical Pastures?
Table 1
Number of coprophagous insects in the faeces of sheep treated with moxidectin, with or without protection against rain in the field pasture, using the sweep net, pitfall, and direct counting methods, obtained in field experiments performed in Pinhais, PR, Brazil.
Coprophagous insect
Treatments
value(1)
Control without protection
Moxidectin without protection
Control with protection
Moxidectin with protection
Diptera/sweep net
Sphaeroceridae
145
228
74
137
0.13
Sarcophagidae
4
5
2
3
0.47
Muscidae
4
8
2
7
0.05
Chloropidae
2
2
1
2
0.62
Ulidiidae
1
2
1
1
0.57
Sepsidae
0
4
2
2
0.02
Bibionidae
0
0
1
1
0.09
Dolichopodidae
2
2
1
0
0.13
Phoridae
0
0
1
0
0.19
Syrphidae
2
1
0
2
0.19
Diptera/pitfall
Sphaeroceridae
3
6
5
5
0.64
Muscidae
1
2
1
2
0.85
Sarcophagidae
1
2
0
1
0.76
Dolichopodidae
0
0
0
1
0.07
Bibionidae
1
0
0
0
0.14
Chloropidae
1
1
2
1
0.78
Sciaridae
0
1
1
1
0.42
Cecidomyiidae
0
0
1
1
0.71
Ulidiidae
0
0
0
1
0.11
Hymenoptera and Isoptera/pitfall
Pheidole sp.
8
7
9
10
0.41
Dorymyrmex sp.
1
6
4
5
0.05
Camponotus sp.
0
1
1
1
0.72
Linepithema sp.
1
2
2
2
0.79
Acromyrmex sp.
1
3
2
2
0.27
Pachycondyla sp.
2
1
1
1
0.47
Brachymyrmex sp.
1
1
1
1
0.76
Other
2
4
3
3
0.43
Hymenoptera and Isoptera/direct counting
Pheidole sp.
1
5
4
8
0.78
Acromyrmex sp.
3
3
5
3
0.34
Solenopsis saevissima
3
0
0
1
0.51
Hypoponera sp.
0
1
2
1
0.10
Termitidae
0
0
0
2
0.57
Coleoptera/pitfall and direct counting
Scarabaeidae: Ataenius sp.
2
0
1
0
0.19
Aphodiidae: Labarrus pseudolividus
1
0
0
0
0.05
(1) value determined by the Kruskal–Wallis test.
