How does adulteration of wax foundation affect phenoloxidase and lysozyme activities as selected parameters of immunity in Apis mellifera ?
Aneta Strachecka
Department of Invertebrate Ecophysiology and Experimental Biology, University of Life Sciences in LublinLublin, Poland
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, Magdalena Chęć
Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityLublin, Poland
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, Krzysztof Olszewski
Institute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, University of Life Sciences in LublinLublin, Poland
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, Patrycja Staniszewska
Department of Invertebrate Ecophysiology and Experimental Biology, University of Life Sciences in LublinLublin, Poland
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, Piotr Dziechciarz
Institute of Biological Basis of Animal Production, University of Life Sciences in LublinLublin, Poland
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and Mariusz Gagoś
Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityLublin, Poland
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Aug 01, 2024
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Published Online: Aug 01, 2024
Page range: 395 - 400
Received: Dec 18, 2023
Accepted: Jul 24, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2024-0040
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Fig. 1.
Effect of adulteration levels of comb wax with paraffin and stearin (0%, 10%, 30% or 50%) in individual age cohorts of A_ mellifera worker bees (1, 7 and 14 days) on phenoloxidase and lysozyme activities in haemolymph
| Age of workers | Effect of adulteration level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paraffin | Stearin | |||
| phenoloxidase activities | lysozyme activities | phenoloxidase activities | lysozyme activities | |
| 1 day | H3 = 73.31 | H3 = 99.86 | H3 = 111.57 | H3 = 111.59 |
| P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.000 | P-value = 0.000 | P-value = 0.000 | |
| 7 days | H3 = 111.58 | H3 = 110.83 | H3 = 111.59 | H3= 111.58 |
| P-value = 0.000 | P-value = 0.000 | P-value = 0.000 | P-value = 0.000 | |
| 14 days | H3 = 111.58 | H3 = 111.57 | H3 = 111.58 | H3 = 110.58 |
| P-value = 0.000 | P-value = 0.000 | P-value = 0.000 | P-value = 0.000 | |
Effect of age of A_ mellifera worker bees (1, 7 and 14 days) from broods from combs with one of four adulteration levels of wax with paraffin and stearin (0%, 10%, 30% or 50%) on phenoloxidase and lysozyme activities in haemolymph
| Activities | Effect of age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Paraffin | Stearin | |||||
| 0% | 10% | 30% | 50% | 10% | 30% | 50% | |
| phenoloxidase | H2 = 79.13 | H2 = 79.14 | H2 = 79.12 | H2 = 79.14 | H2 = 79.14 | H2 = 79.14 | H2 = 79.12 |
| P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | |
| lysozyme | H2 = 79.14 | H2 = 79.13 | H2 = 79.13 | H2 = 79.14 | H2 = 79.13 | H2 = 79.14 | H2 = 79.14 |
| P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | P-value = 0.0000 | |