Agriculture is the largest economic sector in the world. The awareness of the current
environmental degradation caused by conventional farming practices has allowed the use of …

Ticks are obligate haematophagous ectoparasites of wild and domestic animals as well as
humans, considered to be second worldwide to mosquitoes as vectors of human diseases …

Ticks are parasites of great medical and veterinary importance since they are vectors of
numerous pathogens that affect humans, livestock and pets. Among the argasids, several …

The fowl tick, Argas persicus (Oken), is of veterinary importance as a parasite of poultry and
wild birds. The antitick efficacy, in vitro and in vivo, of peracetic acid (PAA) and deltamethrin …

The termite Nasutitermes corniger is a serious pest infesting urban areas of Brazil and many
other countries. Control largely depends on synthetic pesticides whose indiscriminate use …

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, an important ectoparasite that can transmit Babesia
and Anaplasma, has caused inestimable economic losses around the world. Traditionally …

The poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae is one of the most economically deleterious
ectoparasite of laying hens worldwide. To evaluate the efficacy of three strains (V245, 3247 …

The carmine cochineal (Dactylopius opuntiae) is an insect-plague of Opuntia ficus-indica
palm crops, causing losses in the production of the vegetable used as forage for the …

Argas persicus is an important ectoparasite of domestic fowl that causes heavy economic
losses to the poultry industry. The present study was carried out to compare and assess the …

Interest in biological methods for livestock and poultry pest management is largely motivated
by the development of resistance to most of the available synthetic pesticides by the major …