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APRD Survey

Dear Users:

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

The APRD Team is conducting a Survey to gauge users experiences, our objective is to determine how the database enhances research, and to allow for users to provide feedback, suggestions and requests for potential improvements. Please take the anonymous survey using this link: Link to Survey

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: ctenocephalides felis

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
siphonaptera pulicidae cat flea MED cat, human

Active Ingredient: tau-fluvalinate

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: PYR CAS #: 102851-06-9 Shaugnessy Code: 109302

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G5076 1989 Field Evolved Resistance
USA Lemke, L.A., P.G. Koehler, and R. S. Patterson. (1989). Susceptibility of the Cat Flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) to Pyrethroids. Journal of Economic Entomology, 82(3) 839-841.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.