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Efficacy of plants extracts from the Cerrado against adult female of Dermacentor nitens (Acari: Ixodidae).
Vasconcelos, V O; Costa, E G L; Moreira, V R; Morais-Costa, F; Duarte, E R.
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  • Vasconcelos VO; Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Avenida Dr. Ruy Braga, S/N - Bairro Vila Mauricéia, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, 39401-089, Brazil. vivianevasconcelos27@gmail.com.
  • Costa EGL; Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia, Praça Primavera, 40 - Bairro Primavera, Itapetinga, Bahia, 45700-000, Brazil.
  • Moreira VR; Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Universitária, 1000 - Bairro Universitário, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, 39400-006, Brazil.
  • Morais-Costa F; Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Universitária, 1000 - Bairro Universitário, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, 39400-006, Brazil.
  • Duarte ER; Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Universitária, 1000 - Bairro Universitário, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, 39400-006, Brazil.
Exp Appl Acarol ; 75(4): 419-427, 2018 Aug.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30073431
Dermacentor nitens tick is commonly found in the equine auditory canal, where it causes economic losses due to its direct damage, causing blood spoliation, stress, transmission of pathogens, and predisposition to myasis and secondary bacterial infection in its hosts. In this study we evaluated the effect of ethanolic extracts of Cerrado plants on biological parameters of engorged females of D. nitens. Ethanolic extracts were prepared from the leaves of Schinopsis brasiliensis, Piptadenia viridiflora, Ximenia americana, and Serjania lethalis at 25-150 mg mL-1. Groups of 10 engorged adult females were treated with these extracts and compared with a control containing distilled water and another control with organophosphate, using five replicates for each group. Compared with the control with water, S. lethalis and X. americana extracts at 100 and 150 mg mL-1 significantly inhibited the posture ability. Differently, extracts of S. brasiliensis and P. viridiflora were the most effective in inhibiting larval hatching. Extracts of X. americana and P. viridiflora showed effective inhibition of reproductive parameters of the tick, presenting dose-dependent effect with IC90 78.86 and 78.94 mg mL-1, respectively. Theses effective extracts contained low condensed tannin levels and their HPLC chromatograms revealed the presence of flavonoids. The efficacies of P. viridiflora and X. americana extracts were higher than 90% indicating that these extracts are promising as alternative agents for D. nitens control.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Plant Extracts / Pest Control, Biological / Ixodidae / Acaricides Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Exp Appl Acarol Journal subject: BIOLOGIA / PARASITOLOGIA Year: 2018 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brasil Country of publication: Países Bajos

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Plant Extracts / Pest Control, Biological / Ixodidae / Acaricides Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Exp Appl Acarol Journal subject: BIOLOGIA / PARASITOLOGIA Year: 2018 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brasil Country of publication: Países Bajos