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dc.contributor.authorMwangi Esther N.
dc.contributor.authorEssuman S.
dc.contributor.authorKaaya Godwin P.
dc.contributor.authorNyandat E.
dc.contributor.authorMunyinyi D.
dc.contributor.authorKimondo MG.
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-17T15:28:18Z
dc.date.available2013-06-17T15:28:18Z
dc.date.issued1995-11
dc.identifier.citationTropical Animal Health and Production December 1995, Volume 27, Issue 4, pp 211-216en
dc.identifier.urihttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02250692
dc.identifier.urihttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35163
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8966761
dc.description.abstractIn a study to develop anti-tick pastures, the climbing behaviour ofRhipicephalus appendiculatus onMelinis minutiflora (molasses grass) was investigated. Experiments were done with cut green stems of grass, grass dried in the shade, grass dried in sunshine, grass washed in solvent and grass growing in a study plot. In all cases a common pasture grass,Pennisetum clandestinum (Kikuyu grass), was used as control. All instars of the tick avoided climbing on the greenM. minutiflora whereas most larvae, nymphs and adults climbed on the control greenP. clandestinum grass. More ticks climbed on the stems dried in the sunshine than on air-dried grass. Acetone was found to be the best of 5 solvents used to extract the tick-repellent substance. Possibilities of usingM. minutiflora as part of an integrated tick control package are discusseden
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniiversity of Nairobi.en
dc.titleRepellence of the tickRhipicephalus appendiculatus by the grassMelinis minutifloraen
dc.typeArticleen
local.publisherSchool of Biological Sciencesen


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