Efficacy of pheromone-acaricide-impregnated tail-tag decoys for controlling the bont tick, Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae), on cattle in Zimbabwe

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-46

  Norval, R A I ^a   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^b   Allan, Sandra A ^a   Burridge, Michael J ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acaricides; Amblyomma hebraeum; Bont ticks; Tail tag decoy; Tick control pheromones

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; BONT TICK; CATTLE; CHEMICAL CONTROL; PHEROMONE; TAIL-TAG DECOY;

ZIMBABWE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDAE; ANIMALIA; INSECTA;

CIPERMETHRIN; CYFLUTHRIN; FLUMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PHEROMONE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NITRILES; PHEROMONES; PYRETHRINS; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0029668244     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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