Action of the chemical agent fipronil on the reproductive process of semi-engorged females of the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari: Ixodidae). Ultrastructural evaluation of ovary cells

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1255-1264

  Oliveira, Patrícia Rosa de ^a   Bechara, Gervásio Henrique ^a   Morales, Maria Aparecida Marin ^a   Mathias, Maria Izabel Camargo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Fipronil; Ovary; Reproduction; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; FRONTLINE; MYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL GRANULE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY CELL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOCYTES; ORGANELLES; OVARY; PYRAZOLES; REPRODUCTION; TICKS; VITELLOGENESIS;

ACARI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 67349110416     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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