Acaricidal activity of the organic extracts of thirteen South African plants against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus (Acari : Ixodidae)

dc.contributor.authorFouche, Gerda
dc.contributor.authorRamafuthula, Mary
dc.contributor.authorMaselela, Vusi
dc.contributor.authorMokoena, Moses Aubrey
dc.contributor.authorSenabe, Jeremiah
dc.contributor.authorLeboho, Tlabo
dc.contributor.authorSakong, Bellonah Motshene
dc.contributor.authorAdenubi, Olubukola Tolulope
dc.contributor.authorEloff, Jacobus Nicolaas
dc.contributor.authorWellington, Kevin W.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-20T06:48:24Z
dc.date.issued2016-07
dc.description.abstractThe African blue tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus, is a common tick species found in South Africa and affects cattle production as well as vectoring pathogens in regions of Africa and Asia. In an attempt to develop a non-toxic, lower cost and environmentally friendly tick control method, twenty-six plant extracts were prepared from thirteen plant species using 99.5% acetone and 99% ethanol. The adapted Shaw Larval Immersion Test (SLIT) was used to test the efficacy of the extracts. A 1% solution of each of the plant extracts was prepared for efficacy testing and the ethanol extracts were found to have better acaricidal activity than the acetone extracts. The ethanol extract from the leaves and flowers of Calpurnia aurea had the best activity [Corrected Mortality (CM) = 82.9%] which was followed by the stem extract of Cissus quadrangularis (CM = 80.4%). The plant species were screened against Vero cells and were found to have low toxicity. From this study it is apparent that there is potential for the development of botanicals as natural acaricides against R. (B.) decoloratus.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentParaclinical Sciencesen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2017-07-31
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipTechnology Innovation Agency (TIA) of South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/locate/vetparen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFouche, G, Ramafuthula, M, Maselela, V, Mokoena, M, Senabe, J, Leboho, T, Sakong, BM, Adenubi, OT, Eloff, JN & Wellington, KW 2016, 'Acaricidal activity of the organic extracts of thirteen South African plants against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus (Acari : Ixodidae)', Veterinary Parasitology, vol. 224, pp. 39-43.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0304-4017 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1873-2550 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.05.011
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/55989
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Veterinary Parasitology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Veterinary Parasitology, vol. 224, pp. 39-43, 2016. doi : 10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.05.011.en_ZA
dc.subjectRhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratusen_ZA
dc.subjectAcaricidal activityen_ZA
dc.subjectSLIT bioassayen_ZA
dc.subjectToxicity bioassayen_ZA
dc.subjectVero cellsen_ZA
dc.subjectAcetoneen_ZA
dc.subjectEthanolen_ZA
dc.subjectShaw Larval Immersion Test (SLIT)en_ZA
dc.titleAcaricidal activity of the organic extracts of thirteen South African plants against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus (Acari : Ixodidae)en_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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