In vitro evaluation of wormseed on Boophilus microplus

Authors

  • Pricilla Nascimento Pozzatti
  • Lenir Cardoso Porfírio
  • Fernando Passon Casagrande
  • Talita Pratti Valentim
  • Bruna Bissi
  • Breno Curty Barbosa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v16n5.1293

Keywords:

In vitro test; tick; Chenopodium ambrosioides.

Abstract

The wormseed (Chenopodium ambrosioides L.) is one of the plants used in herbal medicine human, having its origin in tropical and subtropical America, Caribbean and Mexico, being very abundant in Brazil. The Boophilus microplus known as tick of cattle is of high importance, producing direct and indirect losses for the transmission of diseases and high cost of products for your control. This study evaluated the effect of fluid extract 5%, 10% and 25% glycolic extract 10%, 20%, 30% and 50% of C. ambrosioides for control of Boophilus microplus by in vitro testing. This test was conducted with ticks to definition the concentration of the product through there productive efficiency. It was observed that the product had the best result was a 50% glycolic extract showing 35.48% effective.

Published

2016-07-01

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

In vitro evaluation of wormseed on Boophilus microplus. (2016). Pubvet, 6(05). https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v16n5.1293

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