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Repellent effects of the essential oil of Lavendula angustifolia against adults of Hyalomma marginatum rufipes
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 78, No 3 | a307 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v78i3.307
| © 2007 M.N. Mkolo, S.R. Magano
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 04 June 2007 | Published: 04 June 2007
Submitted: 04 June 2007 | Published: 04 June 2007
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M.N. Mkolo,S.R. Magano,
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The repellent effects of the essential oil of Lavendula angustifolia on adults of Hyalomma marginatum rufipes was studied at concentrations of 5, 10 and 20% v/v. A suitable tick climbing bioassay based on the questing behaviour of ticks was used to test for repellency. High percentage repellency (range 70-100) was shown at all concentrations of the essential oil of L. angustifolia, although at 5 % v/v it only persisted for the first 40 minutes compared with 120 minutes at other concentrations (10 and 20%v/v). The repellent strength of L. angustifolia compared well (P > 0.05) with that of DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide), a commercial reference repellent, for the 2-hour period of the study.
Keywords
Essential Oil; Hyalomma Marginatum Rufipes; Lavendula Angustifolia; Tick Repellent
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