In vitro efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato against unfed Amblyomma parvum (Acari: Ixodidae)

dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Marcos Valerio
dc.contributor.authorda Silva Rodrigues, Vinicius
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Antônio Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSimi, Lucas Detogni
dc.contributor.authorde Oliveira Souza Higa, Leandro
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Maria Marlene
dc.contributor.authorPrette, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorMochi, Dinalva Alves
dc.contributor.authorAndreotti, Renato
dc.contributor.authorSzabó, Matias Pablo Juan
dc.contributor.institutionFundect-Governo do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul
dc.contributor.institutionEmpresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)
dc.contributor.institutionLaboratório de Microbiologia Agropecuária
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-29T08:45:23Z
dc.date.available2022-04-29T08:45:23Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-01
dc.description.abstractAmblyomma parvum Aragão (Acari: Ixodidae) is a tick species found with wide distribution in the Neotropical region. Even though it is a wildlife-related tick, it is also a frequent parasite of domestic animals, is aggressive to human beings and may harbor pathogenic microorganisms. Therefore, it is a target species for control on domestic animals, particularly those at the rural–wildlife interface. Herein, the efficacy of two isolates (E9 and IBCB 425) of an entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato, already evaluated for ticks that parasitize domestic animals, was tested against unfed A. parvum adults. Both isolates displayed high acaricidal efficacy after immersion in fungal conidial suspensions for 5 min. Isolate E9 killed all ticks by the 7th day post-treatment, and isolate IBCB 425 did so by the 11th day. Tick mortality of 80 and 90% was achieved as early as the 3rd and 4th days, respectively, with both treatments. Thus, if a commercial M. anisopliae s.l. acaricide against domestic animal ticks is developed, it would also be effective against A. parvum.en
dc.description.affiliationBolsista DCR Fundect-Governo do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul
dc.description.affiliationLaboratório de Biologia do Carrapato Embrapa Gado de Corte
dc.description.affiliationPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Imunologia e Parasitologia Aplicadas Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
dc.description.affiliationLaboratório de Ixodologia Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Av. Pará, 1720/Campus Umuarama-Bloco 2T
dc.description.affiliationLaboratório de Microbiologia Agropecuária Departamento de Produção Vegetal Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal, Via de Acesso Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane s/n
dc.description.affiliationPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal da Paraíba Campus II Ciências Agrárias
dc.description.affiliationEmpresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária Embrapa Gado de Corte
dc.format.extent507-512
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-018-0322-3
dc.identifier.citationExperimental and Applied Acarology, v. 76, n. 4, p. 507-512, 2018.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10493-018-0322-3
dc.identifier.issn1572-9702
dc.identifier.issn0168-8162
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85056362352
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/231424
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofExperimental and Applied Acarology
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAcaricide
dc.subjectAmblyomma parvum
dc.subjectControl
dc.subjectEntomopathogenic fungus
dc.titleIn vitro efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato against unfed Amblyomma parvum (Acari: Ixodidae)en
dc.typeArtigo

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