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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: BHC/cyclodienes - Unspecified In Literature

MOA: GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, Cyclodiene organochlorines
Group: CYCLO CAS #: 0 Shaugnessy Code: 0

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G2824 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Uganda 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.
G2825 1976 Field Evolved Resistance
Tanzania 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.
G2826 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.
G2827 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.
G2888 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.
G264 1961 Field Evolved Resistance
South Africa Whitehead, G. B. and Baker, J. A. F. (1961). Acaricide resistance in the red tick, Rhipicephalus evertsi Neumann.. Bull. Entomol. Res., 51 755-64.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.