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Arthropod Resistance Database Director

Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: boophilus decoloratus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari ixodidae blue tick MED livestock

Active Ingredient: sodium arsenite

MOA: Unknown Mode of Action (general), Undetermined MOA
Group: INORG CAS #: 7784-46-5 Shaugnessy Code: 13603

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G3287 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
 Kenya Wharton, R. H. (1976). Tick-borne livestock diseases and their vectors: Part 5.. Acaricide resistance and alternative methods of tick control. World Anim. Rev., 20 8-15.
G3288 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
 Zambia Wharton, R. H. (1976). Tick-borne livestock diseases and their vectors: Part 5.. Acaricide resistance and alternative methods of tick control. World Anim. Rev., 20 8-15.
G3289 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
 Zimbabwe Wharton, R. H. (1976). Tick-borne livestock diseases and their vectors: Part 5.. Acaricide resistance and alternative methods of tick control. World Anim. Rev., 20 8-15.
G8 1941 Field Evolved Resistance
 South Africa Dutoit, R., Graph, H. and Bekker, P. M. (1941). Resistance to arsenic as displayed by the single-host blue tick in a localized area of the Union of South Africa.. So. African Vet. Med. Assoc. Jour., 12 50-58.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.
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