Effects of the European hornet ( Vespa crabro Linnaeus 1761) crude venom on its own species

• Published in: Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
• Main Author: Jerzy Nadolski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SciELO 2013
• Subjects: European hornet; Vespa crabro; Hornet venoms; LD50; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Toxicology. Poisons; RA1190-1270; Zoology; QL1-991; Arctic; Hornet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-19-4; https://doaj.org/article/c1e966c8b01b49a9935bfa9639f3e2fd

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 lethalit...