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<p>Ticks can be a major concern for humans and animals alike through the transmission of various viral and bacterial diseases. Ticks have also developed tolerance to several active compounds due to intensive insecticide treatments. The excess use of insecticides against ticks worldwide is mostly environmental contamination rather than effective control. Thus, information about the useful chemicals is essential. <italic>Dermacentor marginatus</italic> and <italic>Dermacentor reticulatus</italic> individuals were tested, being collected in Transylvania, near the city of Târgu-Mureş, Romania. The experiment was performed under laboratory conditions in two replicates, using a total of 420 ticks and 19 insecticides. The best results were achieved with alpha-cypermethrin and pyrethrin.</p>
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Ticks can be a major concern for humans and animals alike through the transmission of various viral and bacterial diseases. Ticks have also developed tolerance to several active compounds due to intensive insecticide treatments. The excess use of insecticides against ticks worldwide is mostly environmental contamination rather than effective control. Thus, information about the useful chemicals is essential. Dermacentor marginatus and Dermacentor reticulatus individuals were tested, being collected in Transylvania, near the city of Târgu-Mureş, Romania. The experiment was performed under laboratory conditions in two replicates, using a total of 420 ticks and 19 insecticides. The best results were achieved with alpha-cypermethrin and pyrethrin.

Insecticide efficacy on ticks (<italic>Dermacentor spp.</italic>) – Case study from an infested territory in Transylvania, Romania

Doctoral School in Biology and Sport Biology

University of Pécs, Faculty of Sciences Ifjúság útja 6

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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Insecticide efficacy on ticks () – Case study from an infested territory in Transylvania, Romania

Ticks can be a major concern for humans and animals alike through the transmission of various viral and bacterial diseases. Ticks have also developed tolerance...

Insecticide efficacy on ticks (Dermacentor spp.) – Case study from an infested territory in Transylvania, Romania

Published Online: Jan 18, 2022

Page range: 23 - 35

Received: Feb 12, 2021

Accepted: Apr 15, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausae-2021-0003

Keywords
infestation, tolerance, pyrethroids, organophosphates, disease

© 2021 Artúr Botond Csorba et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Insecticide efficacy on ticks (Dermacentor spp.) – Case study from an infested territory in Transylvania, Romania

Published Online: Jan 18, 2022

Page range: 23 - 35

Received: Feb 12, 2021

Accepted: Apr 15, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausae-2021-0003

Keywordsinfestation, tolerance, pyrethroids, organophosphates, disease

© 2021 Artúr Botond Csorba et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
infestation, tolerance, pyrethroids, organophosphates, disease