Butox (Decamethrin [deltamethrin] 12.5 g/litre) was tested against H. a. anatolicum ticks on buffalo calves and a mixed infestation of Boophilus microplus and H. a. anatolicum on cattle. Complete elimination of the ticks on both buffalo calves and cattle occurred following a single spray of...

In India, cross-bred calves and buffalo calves (6-9 months old) naturally infested with Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum and Boophilus microplus (>30 ticks per animal) were sprayed with 0.025% amitraz (Taktic), 0.1% coumaphos (Asuntol) or 0.2% propoxur (Baygon). Within 2 days, those animals...

The efficacy of Pestoban, an Indian herbal preparation, against ectoparasites of cattle, buffaloes and dogs was assessed on naturally-infected animals from Patna, Bihar, India. Some 50 cross-bred cattle, 34 buffalo calves and 60 dogs were treated with 2, 5 or 10% Pestoban. When applied to cattle...

In Kalyani, West Bengal, India, cattle and buffaloes naturally infested with the ticks Boophilus microplus, Haemaphysalis bispinosa and Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum and the lice Linognathus vituli, Haematopinus tuberculatus and H. eurysternus were divided into groups of 3 cattle and 2 buffaloes...

The acaricides Dursban (20% EC) [chlorpyrifos], Zolone (35% EC) [phosalone], Sevin (50% WP) [carbaryl], lindane (20% EC) and Hexadrin (20% EC) [endrin] were evaluated against Malamar (50% EC) [malathion] for the control of the ticks Boophilus microplus, Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum, H....