Non-chemical agents and factors capable of regulating tick populations in nature: A mini review
Abstract
Ticks have always been a major obstacle to livestock production due to the devastating diseases which they transmit especially in the tropics. The control of ticks which has relied heavily on the use of acaricides is now faced with serious problems e.g. increased resistance in ticks, high costs and toxicity to the environment. Over the last few decades, alternative tick control methods which utilize natural factors with little or no acaricides have been sought and those which have shown some promise are discussed in this paper. They include release or conservation of biological control agents e.g. parasitoids, predators and pathogens; anti-tick grasses and pasture spelling. The possibility of integrating some of these factors into low cost environmentally-safe tick control strategies affordable by resource limited farmers is also discussed.
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http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8362942http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/35172
Citation
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science / Volume 13 / Special Issue 04 / August 1992, pp 587-594Publisher
University of Nairobi. School of Biological Sciences