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amblyomma hebraeum

Profile

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
acari ixodidae bont tick, s. africa bont tick MED livestock

Shown Resistance to Active Ingredient(s)

  1. BHC/cyclodienes - Unspecified In Literature
  2. Carbamates - Unspecified in Literature
  3. DDT
  4. Organophosphates - Unspecified In Literature
  5. sodium arsenite
  6. toxaphene

Citation(s) of Resistance

# Citation
1 WHO 1986. (1986).
2 Baker, J. A. F., Thompson, G. E., and Janet, O. (1977). Resistance to toxaphene by the bont tick Amblyomma hebraeum (Koch).. J. South African Vet. Assoc., 48 59-65.
3 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.

Location(s) Where Resistance is Reported

# Location
1 128 -- South Africa -- 4

Other Reference

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