Title: Observations on the susceptibility of Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) to malathion and permethrin in Tanzania
Abstract: ABSTRACT. Laboratory‐reared Ctenocephalides felis (Bouche) adults were tested with 0.5% malathion and 0.5% permethrin, using the standard WHO methods. After 24 h exposure to malathion (3.6 mg/cm 2 ), 92% of the fleas died. The LT 50 for malathion was approximately 8 h. Permethrin (0.45 mg/cm 2 ) produced 100% mortality of exposed insects after 24 h while with a higher dose (0.9 mg/cm 2 ) all fleas died after 8 h exposure. LT 50 for the two doses of permethrin were 7.7 and 1.05 h, respectively. The failure of the diagnostic dose of malathion to kill 100% of the population was attributed to resistance. Permethrin is a suitable pesticide for controlling fleas of domestic animals in Tanzania.
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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