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Tagetes minuta essential oil kills brown dog ticks on dogs and in lab
By da Silva, Elis Maressa Gonçalves et al.·Published in Experimental & applied acarology·2016·Faculdade de Medicina Veteriná, Brazil·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Efficacy of Tagetes minuta (Asteraceae) essential oil against Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae) on infested dogs and in vitro.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A group of dogs infested with ticks were treated with essential oil from the Tagetes minuta plant to see if it could effectively eliminate the ticks. The study found that this herbal treatment was 100% effective against all life stages of the Rhipicephalus sanguineus tick, which can transmit serious diseases like Ehrlichiosis. This suggests that Tagetes minuta essential oil could be a promising alternative for tick control, especially since some traditional tick treatments have become less effective due to resistance.
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Abstract
Ticks from Rhipicephalus sanguineus complex are widely distributed in the world and one species from this complex is the most common tick on dogs in Brazil, notably in urban areas. This tick is a vector of several diseases. Among others it transmits the agent of canine Ehrlichiosis, a major dog infectious disease and the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. This tick can spread rapidly and develop intolerable infestations within no time. Currently tick control is done with acaricides and demand for such drugs has grown fast. However, R. sanguineus has already developed resistance to the main active compounds and the development of new acaricides is necessary. Many essential oils of plants have acaricidal effect and may be an important source of molecules for the synthesis of new acaricide products. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of a new herbal phytotherapic, consisting of the essential oil of Tagetes minuta L., against R. sanguineus in vitro and on dogs undergoing experimental infestations. The product displayed 100% efficacy against larvae, nymphs and adults of the tick on all tested conditions.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27815656/