Effect on the ecosystem of the use of botanical and chemical acaricides in tick control.

Abstract

This paper conducted a study to corroborate the acaricidal activity of neem (Azharidacta indica) on Boophylus microplus tick. Study 90 Boophylus microplus ticks which were collected from cattle and distributed into three experimental groups, each of 30 ticks on petri dishes were used randomly. A negative control group, which received tap water, another positive control Amitraz solution and the third group treated with aqueous Neem leaves 30% group. Which were exposed to 5 mL of each solution for 15 minutes. It was observed as a parameter of effectiveness thereof survival over a period of 24 hours. The result was a total of 2 deaths for the negative control in the positive control group were 26 deaths and in the group treated with the solution of Neem extract 19 deaths in the last two no statistically significant differences for a confidence level of 95% which means that this effect was found has ticks.