The extent of acaricide resistance in 1-, 2- and 3-host ticks on communally grazed cattle in the eastern region of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 130-135

  Ntondini, Z ^a,c   van Dalen, E M S P ^b   Horak, I G ^b,c  

^a State Veterinary Services   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acaricide resistance; Amitraz; Chlorfenvinphos; Cypermethrin; Eastern Cape Province; Ixodid ticks; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; AMITRAZ; CIPERMETHRIN; CLOFENVINFOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; FEMALE; GRAZING; HOST RESISTANCE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMERSION; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANK; TICK;

BOOPHILUS; BOS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI;

EID: 58349107287     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v79i3.259     Document Type: Article

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