Efficacy of Different Lambda-Cyhalothrin Formulations against Ticks
Efikasnost različitih formulacija lambda-cihalotrina u suzbijanju iksodidnih krpelja
View/ Open
Author
Pavlovic, Ivan
Husinec, Suren
Djokic, Vitomir
Vuksa, Marina
Keywords
Lambda-cyhalothrinMicroemulsion
EC formulation
Ticks
Control
Lambda-cihalotrin
mikroemulzija
EC formulacija
krpelji
suzbijanje
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Ticks (Acari:Ixodida) are arthropods of special biomedical importance, well known as
transmitters of several zoonotic diseases. Various acaricides have been used to control
them but their number has decreased over the years.
Having this in mind, we examined in 2003-2005 the possibility of using a 5% microemulsion
and an EC formulation of lambda-cyhalothrin to control ticks on dogs and sheep, and
in houses. The 5% microemulsion of lambda-cyhalothrine caused tick mortality after 2-3
minutes. The efficacy of the 5% EC formulation of lambda-cyhalothrin was unsatisfactory. Krpelji (Acari:Ixodida) su artropode poznati kao vektori mnoštva zoonotskih oboljenja.
Parazitiraju tokom hranjenja na sisarima, pticama i gmizavcima. Suzbijaju se primenom širokog
spektra akaricida čiji se broj svake godine sve više ograničava.
Imajući to u vidu tokom 2003-2005. godine izvršena su ispitivanja mogućnosti primene
5% mikroemulzije i EC formulacije lambda-cihalotrina u svrhu suzbijanja krpelja. Primenom
5% mikroemulzije lambda-cihalotrina dolazilo je do uginuća krpelja u roku 2-3 minuta.
Efekat EC formulacije nije dao zadovoljavajuće rezultate.