Exposure to Sublethal Doses of Fipronil and Thiacloprid Highly Increases Mortality of Honeybees Previously Infected by Nosema ceranae

Cyril Vidau; Marie Diogon; Julie Aufauvre; Régis Fontbonne; Bernard Viguès; Jean-Luc Brunet; Catherine Texier; David G. Biron; Nicolas Blot; Hicham El Alaoui; Luc P. Belzunces; Frédéric Delbac

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021550

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Exposure to Sublethal Doses of Fipronil and Thiacloprid Highly Increases Mortality of Honeybees Previously Infected by Nosema ceranae

Cyril Vidau,

Affiliations Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France
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Marie Diogon,

Affiliations Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France
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Julie Aufauvre,

Affiliations Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France
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Régis Fontbonne,

Affiliations Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France
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Bernard Viguès,

Affiliations Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France
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Jean-Luc Brunet,

Affiliation INRA, UMR 406 Abeilles & Environnement, Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France
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Catherine Texier,

Affiliation CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France
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David G. Biron,

Affiliations Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France
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Nicolas Blot,

Affiliations Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France
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Hicham El Alaoui,

Affiliations Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France
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Luc P. Belzunces,

Affiliation INRA, UMR 406 Abeilles & Environnement, Laboratoire de Toxicologie Environnementale, Site Agroparc, Avignon, France
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Frédéric Delbac

* E-mail: frederic.delbac@univ-bpclermont.fr

Affiliations Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, BP 10448, Clermont-Ferrand, France, CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France
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Exposure to Sublethal Doses of Fipronil and Thiacloprid Highly Increases Mortality of Honeybees Previously Infected by Nosema ceranae

Cyril Vidau,
Marie Diogon,
Julie Aufauvre,
Régis Fontbonne,
Bernard Viguès,
Jean-Luc Brunet,
Catherine Texier,
David G. Biron,
Nicolas Blot,
Hicham El Alaoui

Published: June 28, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021550

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dosages?

Posted by CosmicRays on 08 Jul 2011 at 21:21 GMT

How much finopril or thiacloprid is there in the bees you have treated (real dosages, not theoretical expectation) ?
Does it match with concentrations measured in Nosema-infected bees, killed by CCD ?

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