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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: rhipicephalus evertsi

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari ixodidae red-legged tick MED livestock

Active Ingredient: dieldrin

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 60-57-1 Shaugnessy Code: 45001

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G3560 1979 Field Evolved Resistance
East Africa--
East Africa
Lourens, J. H. M. (1979). Susceptibility of dieldrin resistant and susceptible strain of tick Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi (Neumann 1877) from East Africa to carbamate and organophosphorus acaricides.. Pestic. Science, 10 135-142.
G3561 1979 Field Evolved Resistance
Whales Lourens, J. H. M. (1979). Susceptibility of dieldrin resistant and susceptible strain of tick Rhipicephalus evertsi evertsi (Neumann 1877) from East Africa to carbamate and organophosphorus acaricides.. Pestic. Science, 10 135-142.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.