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      Acute Contact Toxicity Test of Oxalic Acid on Honeybees in the Southwestern Zone of Uruguay Translated title: Prueba de Toxicidad Aguda por Contacto de Ácido Oxálico en Abejas de la Zona Sudoeste de Uruguay

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          This work studies the acute contact toxicity of oxalic acid (OA) on a honeybee polyhybrid subspecies (Apis mellifera), which is the dominant biotype in southwestern zone of Uruguay (SWZU) and the country’s most important honey-producing region. We determined the mean lethal dose (LD50), as well as the no observed effect level (NOEL) and the lowest observed effect level (LOEL) values. We also estimated the total number of honeybees per hive in the test area. The aim was to assess the relationship between the maximum OA dose used in Uruguay (3.1 g OA per hive) and the toxicological parameters of honeybees from SWZU. The current dose of 3.1 g OA per hive corresponds to 132.8 OA per honeybee since determined NOEL is 400 OA per honeybee; our results indicate that the current dose could be increased to 9.3 g OA per hive. The results also highlight some differences between the LD50 value in SWZU honeybees (548.95 OA per honeybee) and some published LD50 values for other honeybee subspecies.

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          Este trabajo estudió la toxicidad aguda por contacto del ácido oxálico (AO) sobre una subespecie poli-híbrida de abejas (Apis mellifera), la cual es el biotipo dominante en la zona sudoeste de Uruguay (SWZU), la región más importante para la producción de miel en este país. Este estudio determinó la dosis letal 50 (DL50), así como el nivel de efecto no observado (NOEL), el nivel de efecto mínimo observado (LOEL), y el número total de individuos por colmena. El propósito fue evaluar la relación entre la dosis máxima de AO usada en Uruguay (3.1 g AO por colmena) y los parámetros toxicológicos de las abejas de la SWZU. Los resultados mostraron que es posible elevar la dosis actual de AO por colmena a 9.3 g, ya que la dosis actual de 3.1 g de AO corresponde a 132.8 AO por abeja, y el NOEL determinado es 400 AO por abeja. Los resultados también destacaron algunas diferencias entre la DL50 de las abejas del SWZU (548.95 AO por abeja) y algunos valores de DL50 publicados para otras subespecies de abejas.

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                Journal
                chiljar
                Chilean journal of agricultural research
                Chil. j. agric. res.
                Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA (Chillán, , Chile )
                0718-5839
                June 2012
                : 72
                : 2
                : 285-289
                Affiliations
                [01] Colonia orgnameInsituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria orgdiv1Estación Experimental Alberto Boerger Uruguay lcarrasco@ 123456inia.org.uy
                Article
                S0718-58392012000200019 S0718-5839(12)07200200019
                10.4067/S0718-58392012000200019
                0bae080f-65a7-4fda-b490-8bf900d734c8

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 06 July 2011
                : 17 May 2012
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 40, Pages: 5
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                LD50,Uruguay,Varroa destructor,DL50
                LD50, Uruguay, Varroa destructor, DL50

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