Resistance status of ticks (Acari; Ixodidae) to amitraz and cypermethrin acaricides in Isoka District, Zambia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1599-1605

  Muyobela, Jackson ^a,b   Nkunika, Philip Obed Yobe ^a   Mwase, Enala Tembo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Acaricide resistance; Amitraz; Bioassay; Cypermethrin; Susceptibility; Tick control

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; AMITRAZ; CYPERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; TOLUIDINE DERIVATIVE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TROPIC CLIMATE; VETERINARY; ZAMBIA;

ACARICIDES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MITES; PYRETHRINS; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TOLUIDINES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84948586031     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-015-0906-4     Document Type: Article

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