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Vet Parasitol

Title:		A novel assembly pheromone trap for tick control in dog kennels
Author(s):		Anish RK; Latha BR; Ramanathan G; Sivagnanam UT; Sreekumar C; Leela V;
Address:		"Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-7, India. Electronic address: anishvijay145@gmail.com. Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-7, India. Bioproducts Lab, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai-20, India. Post Graduate Research Institute in Animal Sciences, Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kattupakkam, Kanchipuram 603 203, Tamil Nadu, India"
Journal Title:		Vet Parasitol
Year:		2017
Volume:		20170112
Issue:
Page Number:		57 - 63
DOI:		10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.01.005
ISSN/ISBN:		1873-2550 (Electronic) 0304-4017 (Linking)
Abstract:		"A novel ecofriendly sticky tick trap device for the control of dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus using gold nanoparticle assembly pheromone complex as a bait was developed. Assembly pheromones comprising of guanine, xanthine and adenine in the ratio of 25:1:1 was encapsulated in gold nanoparticle. The response of the different stages of unfed R. sanguineus ticks was evaluated using petridish bioassay. Statistical analysis was done using chi-square test. Petridish bioassay with unfed stages of R. sanguineus revealed that 100% of the larvae, nymph and adults were attracted to assembly pheromone nanogold complex within 24h. Of the 952 ticks trapped, ticks of different stages trapped in total by the baited sticky trap device, 543 (57%) were engorged and 409 (43%) were unfed ticks. The study revealed that assembly pheromone baited traps has the potential to control tick infestations in dog kennels"
Keywords:		"Animals Dog Diseases/parasitology/*prevention & control Dogs Gold Larva Metal Nanoparticles/ultrastructure Microscopy, Electron, Transmission/veterinary Nymph Pheromones/*pharmacology Rhipicephalus sanguineus/*drug effects/physiology Tick Control/*methods;"
Notes:		"MedlineAnish, R K Latha, Bhaskaran Ravi Ramanathan, Giriprasath Sivagnanam, Uma Tirichurapalli Sreekumar, C Leela, V eng Netherlands 2017/02/22 Vet Parasitol. 2017 Feb 15; 235:57-63. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.01.005. Epub 2017 Jan 12"