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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: boophilus decoloratus

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

Active Ingredient: carbaryl

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Carbamates
Group: CAR CAS #: 63252 Shaugnessy Code: 56801

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G3302 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Zimbabwe Matthewson, M. D. and Wilson, R. G. (1976). The development of resistance to certain organophosphorus and carbamate ixodicides by the blue tick, Boophilus decoloratus (Kock) (Acarina: Ixodidae) in Rhodesia.. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 66 553-560.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.