Efficacy of tags impregnated with pheromone and acaricide for control of Amblyomma variegatum

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-150

  Allan, Sandra A ^a   Barré, Nicolas ^b   Sonenshine, Daniel E ^c   Burridge, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Amblyomma variegatum; Caribbean; Cattle; Cyfluthrin; Deltamethrin; Pheromones; Tick control

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ACARICIDE; CYFLUTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; PEST CONTROL; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; GUADELOUPE; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GUADELOUPE; PHEROMONES; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK CONTROL; TICKS;

GUADELOUPE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BOS TAURUS; INSECTA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0032053083     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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