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Extermination Speed of an Imidacloprid and Flumethrin Polymer Matrix Collar against Larvae, Nymphs and Adults of Haemaphysalis longicornis

  • Ahn, Kyu-Sung (Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Ahn, Ah-Jin (Gwangju Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment) ;
  • Kim, Ha-Jung (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Min (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Suh, Guk-Hyun (Department of Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Won, Eun Jeong (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School) ;
  • Shin, SungShik (Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
  • Received : 2021.07.18
  • Accepted : 2021.10.12
  • Published : 2021.10.31
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an imidacloprid 10% and flumethrin 4.5% polymer matrix collar against the developmental stages of Haemaphysalis longicornis infesting dogs using the hair from treated dogs in a semi-in-vitro assay set. When incubated with 0.5 g of the hair collected from the dogs installed with the drug-embedded collar after 10 days, average death rate of the larval, nymphal, and adult H. longicornis was 21.5%, 77.9%, and 100% at 30 min, 1 hr, and 2 hr, respectively. This study showed the larval stages as well as the nymphal and adult stages of H. longicornis ticks are killed upon contact with the hair from dogs treated with the collar within 2 hr.

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This study was supported in part by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Republic of Korea (Grant No. 315016-3-C00).

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