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rhipicephalus evertsi

Profile

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari ixodidae red-legged tick MED livestock

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. aldrin (#2)
  2. BHC/cyclodienes - Unspecified In Literature (#6)
  3. Carbamates - Unspecified in Literature
  4. dieldrin (#2)
  5. dioxathion
  6. Organophosphates - Unspecified In Literature
  7. sodium arsenite (#4)

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 WHO 1986. (1986).
2 Lourens, J. H. M. (1979). Susceptibility of dieldrin resistant and susceptible strain of tick Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi (Neumann 1877) from East Africa to carbamate and organophosphorus acaricides.. Pestic. Science, 10 135-142.
3 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.
4 Wharton, R. H. (1976). Tick-borne livestock diseases and their vectors: Part 5.. Acaricide resistance and alternative methods of tick control. World Anim. Rev., 20 8-15.
5 Whitehead, G. B. and Baker, J. A. F. (1961). Acaricide resistance in the red tick, Rhipicephalus evertsi Neumann.. Bull. Entomol. Res., 51 755-64.

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 43 -- East Africa -- East Africa -- 4
2 81 -- Kenya -- 4
3 128 -- South Africa -- 4
4 143 -- Tanzania -- 4
5 151 -- Uganda -- 4
6 164 -- Whales -- 4
7 167 -- Zambia -- 4
8 168 -- Zimbabwe -- 4

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