Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8506280 | Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This study was designed to investigate the susceptibility/resistance of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus to commercial deltamethrin 5%. The work was based on in vitro bioassays; adult immersion test (AIT) and larval packet test (LPT). Fully engorged female ticks were collected from 11 locations in Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt (Alfashin, Eminelaros, Ehnasia, Smusta, Belifia, Aldiabia, Alhalabia, Beshnna, Alkom, Nasr and Beba). Two concentrations of commercial deltamethrin 5% (200 and 400â¯ppm) were tested by AIT on R. (B.) annulatus. The mortality of ticks at 400â¯ppm was higher than 200â¯ppm which was not reached to 100%. Ehnasia tick population was the least susceptible to deltamethrin while Alfashin population was the most susceptible one. Different deltamethrin concentrations (0.000625, 0.00125, 0.0025, 0.005, 0.010 and 0.020) were used in LPT to evaluate the larval mortality. The highest LC50 appeared in Ehanasia tick population (0.01) with 95% confidence interval (0.005 to 0.01) meanwhile, the lowest LC50 appeared in Alfashin (0.0006) with 95%CI (0.0005 to 0.0007). Thus, it is possible to deduce that one population was considered susceptible; seven populations were resistant level I and three populations were resistant level II. Additionally, PCR revealed that the resistant alleles (R) appeared in two localities (Ehnasia and Aldiabia). It was concluded that at least two tick populations of the investigated locations were of possible resistant to deltamethrin.
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Authors
Aboelhadid S.M., Waleed M. Arafa, Lilian N. Mahrous, Magdy M. Fahmy, Asmaa A. Kamel,