PLoS ONE, 2020 The parasitic mite Varroa destructor and the associated viruses it transmits are responsible for most instances of honey bee colony losses in the United States. As such, beekeepers utilize miticides to control Varroa populations.
Frank D Rinkevich
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Subtle effects of acetone and amitraz on sucrose sensitivity and recall in honey bees [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAmitraz is a formamidine acaricide applied to hives to manage Varroa destructor, an ectoparasite of honey bees. As a high affinity octopaminergic agonist it is potentially neuroactive.
Ethan W. Huang, Susan E. Fahrbach
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Amitraz Resistance in French Varroa Mite Populations—More Complex Than a Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism [PDF]
InsectsResistance against amitraz in Varroa mite populations has become a subject of interest in recent years due to the increasing reports of the reduced field efficacy of amitraz treatments, especially from some beekeepers in France and the United States. The
Ulrike Marsky +5 more
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SNP Analysis Infers that Recombination Is Involved in the Evolution of Amitraz Resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Rhipicephalus microplus, better known as the Asiatic cattle tick, is a largely invasive ectoparasite of great economic importance due to the negative effect it has on agricultural livestock on a global scale, particularly cattle.
Samantha Baron, Nicolaas A Van Der Merwe
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DETERMINATION OF LD50 AND ACUTE TOXICITY EFFECTS ON SOME BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS INDUCED BY AMITRAZ IN RATS [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Veterinary Research, 2022 The aim of the study is determine the toxic effects and some biochemical changesof amitraz insecticide in adult albino female rats. First the median lethal dose ( )of oral amitraz was (717.125mg/kg)and were clear toxic signs of amitraz intoxicationsuch ...
Mahmood B. Mahmood, Zainab T. Mohammed
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Identification of Histopathological Changes Induced by Amitraz in Rats [PDF]
Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Amitraz is used worldwide as a pesticide, it produces toxic effects when misused. The peresent study examined the histopathological changes of amitraz in the hepatocyte and kidney tissues of the laboratory albino rats.
Zainab Mohammed +3 more
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An octopamine receptor confers selective toxicity of amitraz on honeybees and Varroa mites
eLife, 2021 The Varroa destructor mite is a devastating parasite of Apis mellifera honeybees. They can cause colonies to collapse by spreading viruses and feeding on the fat reserves of adults and larvae.
Lei Guo +4 more
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ADULT BIOASSAY BASED AMITRAZ RESISTANCE STATUS IN RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS POPULATIONS OF PUNJAB, INDIA [PDF]
Exploratory Animal and Medical Research, 2021 Amitraz resistance status was estimated in cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus populations collected from fifteen districts of the Punjab state using adult immersion test. A two-minute immersion protocol with various working concentrations (1-500 ppm)
Jyoti +3 more
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Amitraz Poisoning - Tale of an Unusual Pesticide Poisoning: A Case Report
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2020 Amitraz is a formamidine group of compounds used in many parts of the world as an agricultural pesticide and an ectoparasiticide. Amitraz intoxication secondary to the oral, dermal or inhalational routes, both accidental and suicidal, has been ...
Olita Shilpakar +2 more
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Successful reversal of a rare case of amitraz poisoning with yohimbine—a case report
Ain Shams Journal of Anesthesiology, 2022 Background Amitraz is an insecticidal agent and its poisoning cases are rare. We report the successful treatment of amitraz poisoning using yohimbine as an antidote. There is only a single other case report in literature of usage of yohimbine as antidote
Ankur Gupta +5 more
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