Toxicity of Piper aduncum L. (Piperales: Piperaceae) from the Amazon forest for the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 164, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 267-274

  Silva, Wilson Castro ^a   de Souza Martins, João Ricardo ^b   de Souza, Hellen Emília Menezes ^c   Heinzen, Horacio ^d   Cesio, Maria Verônica ^d   Mato, Mauricio ^d   Albrecht, Francine ^a   de Azevedo, João Lúcio ^a   de Barros, Neiva Monteiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinarias Desiderio Finamor IPVDF   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NILTON LINS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Cattle ticks; Piper aduncum; Plants extracts; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; DILL APIOLE; HEXANE; PIPER ADUNCUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACARI; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOREST; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; LC 50; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PIPER ADUNCUM; PIPERACEAE; REPRODUCTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; LARVA; OILS, VOLATILE; OVUM; PIPER; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; RHIPICEPHALUS; TREES;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; IXODIDAE; PIPER ADUNCUM; PIPERACEAE; PIPERALES; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 70249132882     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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