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Effects of the European hornet (Vespa crabro Linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species
BACKGROUND: Lethal dose 50% is a classical index of toxicity that usually employs small rodents as experimental animals. Therefore, scarce data are available on the effects of venom on invertebrates, particularly the impact of wasp venom on its own species. FINDINGS: In the present study, the lethal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707105/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24499044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-19-4 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Lethal dose 50% is a classical index of toxicity that usually employs small rodents as experimental animals. Therefore, scarce data are available on the effects of venom on invertebrates, particularly the impact of wasp venom on its own species. FINDINGS: In the present study, the lethality of Vespa crabro venom on its own species was studied. Lethal dose 50% values of crude venom on workers of hornet Vespa crabro were estimated to be 4.0 mg/kg of body weight. CONCLUSIONS: Wasps can use their venom apparatus effectively when attacking foreign workers that appear in the immediate vicinity of their nest. The toxins released during stinging are potent enough to kill. The result of this study eliminates the popular myth that venomous animals can be resistant to their own venom. |
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spelling | pubmed-37071052013-07-10 Effects of the European hornet (Vespa crabro Linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species Nadolski, Jerzy J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis Short Report BACKGROUND: Lethal dose 50% is a classical index of toxicity that usually employs small rodents as experimental animals. Therefore, scarce data are available on the effects of venom on invertebrates, particularly the impact of wasp venom on its own species. FINDINGS: In the present study, the lethality of Vespa crabro venom on its own species was studied. Lethal dose 50% values of crude venom on workers of hornet Vespa crabro were estimated to be 4.0 mg/kg of body weight. CONCLUSIONS: Wasps can use their venom apparatus effectively when attacking foreign workers that appear in the immediate vicinity of their nest. The toxins released during stinging are potent enough to kill. The result of this study eliminates the popular myth that venomous animals can be resistant to their own venom. BioMed Central 2013-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3707105/ /pubmed/24499044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-19-4 Text en Copyright © 2013 Nadolski; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Short Report Nadolski, Jerzy Effects of the European hornet (Vespa crabro Linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species |
title | Effects of the European hornet (Vespa crabro Linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species |
title_full | Effects of the European hornet (Vespa crabro Linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species |
title_fullStr | Effects of the European hornet (Vespa crabro Linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of the European hornet (Vespa crabro Linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species |
title_short | Effects of the European hornet (Vespa crabro Linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species |
title_sort | effects of the european hornet (vespa crabro linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species |
topic | Short Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707105/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24499044 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-19-4 |
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