While resistance against many other classes of acaricides has been described, products containing benzoylphenyl urea arecurrently still successfully used against the pesticide-resistant blue tick (Boophilus decoloratus) in South Africa. In order to assessany adverse impact of these tickicides on the important dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) fauna, a bioassay was undertaken onthe ecotoxicological effects of a fluazuron (benzoylphenyl urea) pour-on formulation (Acatak1) on the survival and reproduction ofthe African dung beetles speciesOnthophagus gazella(Fabricius). The experiment yielded no significant differences in adult orlarval survival, egg production, fecundity and fertility between the control and treatment group following three beetle generationsover. These results suggested that treatment of cattle with the fluazuron pour-on formulation Acatak1was not detrimental to theselected dung beetle species in any notable way.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.08.021
Publication Year
2007
Publication Site
Veterinary Parasitology
Journal Volume
143
Page Numbers
380–384
Family
Scarabaeidae
Species 1 Binomial
General topic
Ecology
Specific topic
anthelminthics
Abstract Note