Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus resistant to acaricides and ivermectin in cattle farms of Mexico
2014
IRIS DEL CARMEN TRINIDAD MARTINEZ | ROGER IVAN RODRIGUEZ VIVAS | LUIS CARLOS PEREZ COGOLLO | JOSE ALBERTO ROSADO AGUILAR | MELINA MARIBEL OJEDA CHI | ROBERT JOHN MILLER | ANDREW YONGSHENG LI | ADALBERTO PEREZ DE LEON | FELIX GUERRERO | GUILHERME KLAFKE
Ticks and the diseases they transmit cause great economic losses to livestock in tropical countries. Non-chemical control alternatives include the use of resistant cattle breeds, biological control and vaccines. However, the most widely used method is the application of different chemical classes of acaricides and macrocyclic lactones. Populations of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, resistant to organophosphates (OP), synthetic pyrethroids (SP), amitraz and fipronil have been reported in Mexico. Macrocyclic lactones are the most sold antiparasitic drug in the Mexican veterinary market. Ivermectin-resistant populations of R. (B.) microplus have been reported in Brazil, Uruguay and especially in Mexico (Veracruz and Yucatan). Although ivermectin resistance levels in R. (B.) microplus from Mexico were generally low in most cases, some field populations of R. (B.) microplus exhibited high levels of ivermectin resistance. The CHPAT population showed a resistance ratio of 10.23 and 79.6 at lethal concentration of 50% and 99%, respectively. Many field populations of R. (B.) microplus are resistant to multiple classes of antiparasitic drugs, including organophosphates (chlorpyrifos, coumaphos and diazinon), pyrethroids (flumethrin, deltamethrin and cypermethrin), amitraz and ivermectin. This paper reports the current status of the resistance of R. (B.) microplus to acaricides, especially ivermectin, in Mexican cattle.
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