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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: pyrethrins

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 8003347 Shaugnessy Code: 69000

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G197 1959 Field Evolved Resistance
South Africa Whitehead, G. B. (1959). Pyrethrum resistance conferred by resistance to DDT in the blue tick.. Nature (Lond.), 184 378.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.