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1 September 2005 First Report of Organophosphate-resistant Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) within the United States
Robert J. Miller, Ronald B. Davey, John E. George
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Abstract

Boophilus microplus (Canestrini), collected from Starr County, Texas, were determined to be resistant to the organophosphorus acaricides coumaphos and diazinon. Initial bioassay results from wild-collected ticks produced a probit regression slope (SE) of 3.96 (0.22), which was different from that obtained from a susceptible reference population 6.97 (0.38). Resistance ratios (RRs) (95% CI) indicated that the population was resistant to coumaphos 3.6 (3.4–3.8), 5.0 (4.5–5.5), and 6.5 (5.4–7.7) at the LC50,90,99, respectively. A second collection of wild ticks made 12 d after all cattle in the infested pasture were treated with coumaphos produced a slope (SE) that was not significantly different from a susceptible laboratory reference population. A second bioassay found these ticks to be resistant to diazinon, RR (95% CI) = 7.1 (6.5–7.7), 11.7 (10.3–13.3), 17.7 (14.5–21.5) at the LC50,90,99, respectively. The slope (SE) generated from the diazinon bioassay with the resistant ticks was different than that of a reference strain, 2.98 (0.12) and 6.09 (0.35), respectively. The high-dose strategy used by the Cattle Fever Tick Eradication Program was able to eradicate coumpahos-resistant B. microplus after just two treatments of coumaphos, 12 d apart.

Robert J. Miller, Ronald B. Davey, and John E. George "First Report of Organophosphate-resistant Boophilus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) within the United States," Journal of Medical Entomology 42(5), 912-917, (1 September 2005). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2005)042[0912:FROOBM]2.0.CO;2
Received: 6 January 2005; Accepted: 30 May 2005; Published: 1 September 2005
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KEYWORDS
acaricide
Boophilus
cattle tick
pesticide resistance
Rhipicephalus
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