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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: ctenocephalides felis

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

Active Ingredient: DDT

MOA: Sodium channel modulators, Pyrethroids, Pyrethrins, DDT
Group: OCL CAS #: 50293 Shaugnessy Code: 29201

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G4778 1986 Field Evolved Resistance
Denmark WHO 1986. (1986).
G3888 1980 Field Evolved Resistance
Guyana WHO 1980. (1980).
G1923 1971 Field Evolved Resistance
French Guiana Brown, A. W. A. (1971). Pest resistance to pesticides.. In: ""Pesticides in the Enviroment,"" ed. White-Stevens,, 1 457-552.
G1924 1971 Field Evolved Resistance
Cambodia Brown, A. W. A. (1971). Pest resistance to pesticides.. In: ""Pesticides in the Enviroment,"" ed. White-Stevens,, 1 457-552.
G1925 1971 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Hawaii
Brown, A. W. A. (1971). Pest resistance to pesticides.. In: ""Pesticides in the Enviroment,"" ed. White-Stevens,, 1 457-552.
G1926 1971 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Southeast
Brown, A. W. A. and Pal, R. (1971). Insecticide resistance in anthropods.. WHO Monogr. Ser. No. 38, Geneva, 491 pp..
G1927 1971 Field Evolved Resistance
Suriname Brown, A. W. A. (1971). Pest resistance to pesticides.. In: ""Pesticides in the Enviroment,"" ed. White-Stevens,, 1 457-552.
G1477 1968 Field Evolved Resistance
Puerto Rico Fox, I., Rivera, G. A. and Bayona, I. G. (1968). Toxicity of six insecticides to the cat flea.. J. Econ. Entomol., 61 869-70.
G1282 1967 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
Nebraska
(1967). Report of the First Session of the FAO Working Party of Experts on Resistance of Pests to Pesticides.. FAO, Rome 1965.
G979 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
Brazil Chaves, G. M. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G980 1965 Field Evolved Resistance
Australia--
New South Wales
Hely, P.C. (1965). In: FAO 1967.
G42 1952 Field Evolved Resistance
USA--
South
Kilpatrick & Fay. (1952).
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.