The effect of synthetic pyrethroids on the attachment and host-feeding behaviour in Dermacentor reticulatus females (Ixodida: Amblyommidae)

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Katarzyna Bartosik¹  Patrycja Lachowska-Kotowska¹  Alicja Buczek¹ 

[1] Department of Biology and Parasitology, Medical University, Radziwiłłowska11 St.,, Lublin, 20-080, Poland

关键词: Host-feeding behaviour;    Attachment behaviour;    Deltamethrin;    Permethrin;    Dermacentor reticulatus;   

Others  :  1222248
DOI  :  10.1186/s13071-015-0977-0

 received in 2015-06-17, accepted in 2015-07-01,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

The high competence of D. reticulatus in transmission of tick-borne pathogens prompts investigations of the effect of chemicals used as repellents and acaricides on the behaviour of the tick on the host. Therefore, this paper presents the effect of permethrin and deltamethrin on the attachment and feeding in this tick species.

Findings

Attachment to rabbit skin of D. reticulatus females sprayed with pyrethroids and the effect of different doses thereof on feeding were assessed at a temperature of 20 ± 3 °C and 50 % humidity.

The dynamics of attachment of D. reticulatus females varied in a dose-dependent manner after the application of both pyrethroids. Within the first 0.5 h of the experiments, there was an over six-fold and over twelve-fold increase in the number of females attached to host skin after application of permethrin concentrations of 0.3906–0.7812 μg and 1.5625–3.1250 μg/1 specimen, respectively. In the case of deltamethrin, females treated with the dose of 0.0390 μg of the compound were able to attach to host skin only 4 hours after the infestation.

The toxic activity of both pyrethroids increased the duration of the feeding period and decreased the body weight of engorged females and the feeding efficiency index.

Conclusions

The accelerated attachment of D. reticulatus females caused by sublethal permethrin doses and delayed or inhibited attachment caused by deltamethrin suggest a necessity of careful selection of the type and dose of pyrethroids to protect hosts from tick attacks.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Buczek et al.

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