Utilization of herbals for the managements of cattle ticks.
Parte S. G., Patil R. D., Patil M. A., Patel N. S., Chavan J. A.
Author Affiliation: Department of Zoology, M. J. S Mahavidyalay, ShriGonda, India.
International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 3 : 228-232
Abstract : The objectives of this study were to evaluate the acaricidal activity of aqueous extracts five plants against cattle tick, Rhipicephalus [Boophilus] microplus. Plant materials were extracted with distilled water using soxlet apparatus. Five different plants i.e. Azadirachta indica, Mangifera indica, Polyalthia longifolia, Annona squamosa, Ficus benghalensis were studied against the cattle tick and observe the mortality. In present study, combination of five plants extract shows 100% mortality within 32 seconds as compared to single plant extract. The effect of each plant extract requires maximum time to 100% mortality in seconds i.e. 240 sec., 420 sec., 300 sec., 240 sec., 300 sec. in A. indica, M. indica, P. longifolia, A. squamosa, F. benghalensis respectively.