Effect of the use of fluazuron for control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in cattle

Efecto del uso de fluazurón para control de Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus en bovinos

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Benavides O, E., Jiménez C, P., Betancur H, O., Vélez C, G., Polanco P, N., & Morales P, J. (2017). Effect of the use of fluazuron for control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in cattle. Journal MVZ Cordoba, 22(supl), 6050-6061. https://doi.org/10.21897/rmvz.1075
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Efraín Benavides O
Universidad de La Salle, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Centro de Investigación en Medicina y Reproducción Animal, CIMRA, Cra. 7 No-179-03, Bogotá, Colombia.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8894-5441

Pablo Jiménez C
University of Georgia, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, USA
Oscar Betancur H
Global Bio Protection Technical Consultant, Elanco Animal Health
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2695-4748

Gabriel Vélez C
Asocebú - Ganadería San Gabriel, Fusagasugá
Natalia Polanco P
Universidad Estatal de Campinas, Instituto de Economia, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3306-5447

Jorge Morales P
Médico Veterinario, práctica particular
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Objective. To demonstrate the effect on the tick population of the use of fluazuron in grazing cattle. Materials and methods. Case study performed in Fusagasuga (Cundinamarca, Colombia); three groups of 25 heifers each were formed, G1= two applications of Fluazuron separated 60 days, G2= fluazuron applied only on study day 0 and G3= treated with a spray of chlorpyriphos. Periodically tick count was done in five animals of each group and the degree of contamination of pastures with tick larvae was determined by dragging. Results. Infestation levels between the groups were not homogeneous, and the paddocks also showed different levels of larval infestation. The compound was useful for protecting animals from tick infestation for more than eight weeks. Given the soil temperature in the region, the adult larva period is fulfilled between 50 and 65 days. Conclusion. The effect of treatment of cattle with fluazuron on larval contamination of pastures will only be reflected almost two months after treatment. Strategic design schemes must consider this component, of the soil temperature.

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