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APRD Survey

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We value your contribution to and use of the Arthropod Pesticide Resistance Database (APRD).

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: lucilia cuprina

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
diptera calliphoridae australian sheep blowfly MED cattle, sheep

Active Ingredient: ivermectin

MOA: Chloride channel activators, Avermectins, Milbemycins
Group: ABM CAS #: 70288-86-7 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5936 1998 Unspecified
Australia Rugg, D., A.C. Kotze, D.R. Thompson, and H.A. Rose. (1998). Susceptibility of laboratory selected and field strains of the Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) to Ivermectin. Journal of Economic Entomology, 91(3) 601-607.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.