Evaluation of In Vivo Acaricidal Effect of Soap Containing Essential Oil of Chenopodium ambrosioides Leaves on Rhipicephalus lunulatus in the Western Highland of Cameroon

Autor: Vincent Khan Payne, Jules Lemoufouet, E. Tedonkeng Pamo, Fernand Tendonkeng, B Boukila, Bertine Mnm, Emile Miegoue, Jean Raphaël Kana, Marc K. Kouam
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Pathogens
Journal of Pathogens, Vol 2015 (2015)
ISSN: 2090-3057
Popis: A study on the acaricidal properties of foam soap containing the essential oil ofChenopodium ambrosioidesleaves was carried out onRhipicephalus lunulatus. Four doses (0.03, 0.06, 0.09, and 0.12 µL of essential oil per gram of soap) and a control (soap without essential oil) with four replications for each treatment were used forin vitrotrial. Each replication consisted of 10 ticks in a Petri dish with filter paper impregnated with the foam soap on the bottom. Followingin vitrotrials, three doses (0.06, 0.09, and 0.12 µL/g) and the control in two replications were selected forin vivotest based on mortality rate recorded from thein vitrotrial. Each replication was made up of 10 goats naturally infested with ticks. Results show that soap containing essential oil is toxic toR. lunulatus. Thein vivomortality rate in the control on day 8 was 22.69% whereas the highest dose (0.12 µL/g) killed 96.29% of the ticks on day 8. The LD50of the foam soap containing essential oil was 0.037 and 0.059 µL/g on day 2 in the laboratory and on the farm, respectively. This indicates the potentially high efficiency of this medicated soap on this parasite.
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