acaricide

[ah-kar´ĭ-sīd]

an agent that destroys mites.

a·car·i·cide

(ă-kar'i-sīd),

An agent that kills acarines; commonly used to denote chemicals that kill ticks.

[Mod. L. acarus, a mite, fr. G. akari + L. caedo, to cut, kill]

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acaricide

(ə-kăr′ĭ-sīd′)

A substance or agent that kills ticks and mites.

a·car′i·cid′al (-sīd′l) adj.

a·car·i·cide

(ă-kar'i-sīd)

An agent that kills acarines; commonly used to denote chemicals that kill ticks.

[Mod. L. acarus, a mite, fr. G. akari + L. caedo, to cut, kill]

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acaricide

A drug used to kill mites.

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They executed the treatment and gave the farmer an acaricide that would kill the whole range of external parasites on the sheep's skin including ticks, flies and mites.

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Experiences in tick control by Acaricide in the traditional cattle sector in Zambia and Burkina Faso: Possible environmental and public health implications.

The Potential of Huwa-San TR50 as an Acaricide for Controlling Hyalomma dromedarii (Koch) and Hyalomma impeltatum (Schulze and Schlottke) (Acari: Ixodidae)

Before mixing, all pesticides (insecticides and acaricide) were evaluated individually for dispersion (homogenization).

Effects of insecticide and acaricide mixtures on Diaphorina citri control/Efeito da mistura de inseticidas e acaricida no controle de Diaphorina citri

Farms with acaricide treatment showed significantly a higher (p=0.007) prevalence of A.

Molecular Epidemiology and Risk Factors Assessment of Anaplasma spp. on Dairy Cattle in Southwest of Iran

Several factors are identified as responsible for outbreaks, such as the banning of some broad spectrum insecticides and acaricides, frequent dry spells, use of new varieties with characteristics that may favor the development of mite populations, and the hormesis effect caused by new pesticides (Guedes & Cutler 2014; Guedes et al.

Susceptibility of Tetranychus ogmophallos (Acari: Tetranychidae) to Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae

In vitro evaluation of the effects of some acaricides on life stages of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Acari: Ixodidae).

Efecto acaricida de siete extractos de plantas brasilenas

annulata was low with repeated usage of acaricides in tick abundance period these findings are in line with (Hungerford, 1990) who also stated that repeated and scheduled acaricides applications can protect animals from tick infestation.

PREVALENCE AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF THEILERIA ANNULATA IN BOVINE FROM THREE DISTINCTS ZONES OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PROVINCE, PAKISTAN

As in some research there are acaricide and the mineral oil application, they can take the reduction of the mites populations of Megninia genus and underestimate the occurrence of the same ones in the chicken houses of poultry farms (MAURER et al., 2009; REZENDE et al., 2015).

Epidemiological characterization and risk evaluation associated with the presence of Megninia spp. in posture farms/Caracterizacao epidemiologica e avaliacao de risco associados a presenca de Megninia spp. em granjas de postura

But the inherent problems in controlling this parasite are acaricide resistance, and environmental residues resulted in only partial success of tick control [7].

In Vitro Evaluation of Essential Oils Derived from Piper nigrum (Piperaceae) and Citrus limonum (Rutaceae) against the Tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Thus, the essential oils with acaricide property can be resources considered as an alternative to control this pest.

Composicao quimica e toxicidade do oleo essencial de eucalipto sobre o acaro-rajado