| Title: | "Control of brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus using assembly pheromone encapsulated in natural polymer, chitosan" |
| Author(s): | Dhivya B; Latha BR; Raja MD; Sreekumar C; Leela V; |
| Address: | "Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai, 600 007, India, dhivyabhoopathy@gmail.com" |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10493-013-9764-9 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1572-9702 (Electronic) 0168-8162 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In the current study, an attempt was made to encapsulate assembly pheromone using natural polymer, chitosan. Chitosan beads were prepared by incorporating assembly pheromone in conjunction with an acaricide, namely, deltamethrin. In the in vitro bioassay, the test beads attracted and killed 79 % of unfed larvae, 88 % of unfed nymphs and 61 % of unfed adults of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, in 24 h of exposure. Field trials were carried out to attract and kill the pre-parasitic environmental stages. The beads were dispersed onto specially designed devices and they were placed in infested kennels. The devices were observed after 10 days" |
| Keywords: | "Animals *Chitosan Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Drug Resistance Nitriles Particle Size Pest Control/*methods Pesticides Pheromones/*pharmacology Pyrethrins Rhipicephalus sanguineus/*drug effects;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineDhivya, Bhoopathy Latha, Bhaskaran Ravi Raja, Modhugoor Devendiran Sreekumar, Chirukandoth Leela, V eng Netherlands 2014/01/01 Exp Appl Acarol. 2014 May; 63(1):85-92. doi: 10.1007/s10493-013-9764-9. Epub 2013 Dec 29" |
