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APRD Survey

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David Mota-Sanchez
Arthropod Resistance Database Director


Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: rhipicephalus microplus

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari ixodidae southern/tropical cattle tick MED cattle

Active Ingredient: malathion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 121755 Shaugnessy Code: 57701

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G17014 2011 Field Evolved Resistance
India--
Uttar Pradesh / Punjab
Kumar, S., Paul, S., Sharma, A. K., Kumar, R., Tewari, S. S. Chaudhuri, P., Ray, D. D., Rawat, A. K. S., and Ghosh, S. (2011). Diazinon resistant status in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus collected from different agro-climatic regions of India. Veterinary Parasitology, 181 274-281.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.