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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of acaricide resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus field isolates from South Africa and Brazil [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug ResistanceRhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is one of the most successful ticks infesting cattle around the world. This highly-invasive species transmits cattle parasites that cause cattle fever leading to a high socio-economic burden.
Jeanette Wentzel +2 more
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Acaricide resistance in livestock ticks infesting cattle in Africa: Current status and potential mitigation strategies [PDF]
Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2022 In many African countries, tick control has recently been the responsibility of resource-poor farmers rather than central government veterinary departments. This has led to an increase in acaricide resistance, threatening the welfare of livestock farmers
Naftaly W. Githaka +4 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Although acaricide chemotherapy is widely used to control tick infestation in Ethiopia, its effectiveness is uncertain due to misusage by herdsmen. Currently, there is no study being conducted in the South Omo Zone of Ethiopia which shows the knowledge ...
Tegegn Tesfaye, Aschenaki Abate
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Cost-Effectiveness of Acaricide Application Methods against Heartwater Disease in South Africa
Agriculture, 2023 In an economic sense, heartwater disease is the most important tick-borne disease faced by South African livestock farmers. Methods to control the disease vary among farmers, and the preferred method depends on the prevalence of the disease in a specific
Mario J. J. van den Heever +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Tetranychus urticae (Koch) is an economically important pest of many agricultural commodities world-wide. Multiple acaricides, including bifenazate, bifenthrin, and extoxazole, are currently registered to control T. urticae.
Silas Shumate +7 more
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Acaricides Resistance in Ticks: Selection, Diagnosis, Mechanisms, and Mitigation
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Ticks are blood-feeding ecto-parasites that have a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Ticks cause economic losses in the form of reduced blood, meat and dairy products, as well as pathogen transmission.
Muhammad Kashif Obaid +6 more
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Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022 The effects of the application of aqueous extracts of a selection of five traditional plants (Murraya paniculata, Cassia tora, Amphineuron opulentum, Tithonia diversifolia, and Cassia alata) were compared with that of synthetic acaricide in reducing the ...
Bhabesh Deka +3 more
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Acaricidal Activity of Colchicum autumnale (autumn crocus) Extract against Hyalomma spp. In vitro [PDF]
Archives of Razi Institute, 2021 Hyalomma spp. is responsible for the transmission of protozoan, bacterial, rickettsial, and viral diseases and causes huge economic loss to the livestock industry.Recently, there is a wide number of promising attempts to evaluate and use herbal ...
R Norouzi +3 more
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In vitro evaluation of acaricidal activity of aqueous ozone against Dermanyssus gallina [PDF]
The Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology, 2018 The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro acaricidal effect of aqueous ozone against Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Dermanyssidae) under laboratory conditions.
Hamid Dehghan Banadakei +3 more
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Poultry Science, 2022 : Dermanyssus gallinae is an obligatory ectoparasite of birds which feeds on blood and significantly compromise the well-being of commercially raised laying hens. In this study, the mortality rates and responses of D.
Sylwia Koziatek-Sadłowska +1 more
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