Toxic and repellent activity of selected monoterpenoids (thymol, carvacrol and linalool) against the castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 245, Issue , 2017, Pages 86-91

  Tabari, Mohaddeseh Abouhosseini ^a   Youssefi, Mohammad Reza ^b   Maggi, Filippo ^c   Benelli, Giovanni ^d,e  

^a AMOL UNIVERSITY OF SPECIAL MODERN TECHNOLOGIES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Eco friendly control; Larval packet test; Larvicidal toxicity; Monoterpene; Repellent activity test

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; CARVACROL; INSECT REPELLENT; LINALOOL; PERMETHRIN; TERPENE; THYMOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; IXODES; OVUM;

ACARICIDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODES; MONOTERPENES; OVUM; PERMETHRIN; THYMOL;

EID: 85028529539     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.08.012     Document Type: Article

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