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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: boophilus decoloratus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari ixodidae blue tick MED livestock

Active Ingredient: dioxathion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 78342 Shaugnessy Code: 37801

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4253 1984 Field Evolved Resistance
Zambia Luguru, S. M., Banada, D. S. and Pegram, R. G. (1984). Susceptibility of ticks to acaricides in Zambia.. Trop. Anim. Hlth. Prod., 16 21-26.
G3300 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Zimbabwe Matthewson, M. D. and Wilson, R. G. (1976). The development of resistance to certain organophosphorus and carbamate ixodicides by the blue tick, Boophilus decoloratus (Kock) (Acarina: Ixodidae) in Rhodesia.. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 66 553-560.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.