Anish R K, Latha Bhaskaran Ravi, Ramanathan Giriprasath, Sivagnanam Uma Tirichurapalli, Sreekumar C, Leela V
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-7, India.
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-7, India.
Vet Parasitol. 2017 Feb 15;235:57-63. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2017.01.005. Epub 2017 Jan 12.
A novel ecofriendly sticky tick trap device for the control of dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus using gold nanoparticle assembly pheromone complex as a bait was developed. Assembly pheromones comprising of guanine, xanthine and adenine in the ratio of 25:1:1 was encapsulated in gold nanoparticle. The response of the different stages of unfed R. sanguineus ticks was evaluated using petridish bioassay. Statistical analysis was done using chi-square test. Petridish bioassay with unfed stages of R. sanguineus revealed that 100% of the larvae, nymph and adults were attracted to assembly pheromone nanogold complex within 24h. Of the 952 ticks trapped, ticks of different stages trapped in total by the baited sticky trap device, 543 (57%) were engorged and 409 (43%) were unfed ticks. The study revealed that assembly pheromone baited traps has the potential to control tick infestations in dog kennels.
开发了一种新型环保粘性蜱虫诱捕装置,用于控制犬蜱血红扇头蜱,该装置使用金纳米颗粒组装信息素复合物作为诱饵。由鸟嘌呤、黄嘌呤和腺嘌呤按25:1:1比例组成的组装信息素被包裹在金纳米颗粒中。使用培养皿生物测定法评估未进食的血红扇头蜱不同阶段的反应。采用卡方检验进行统计分析。对未进食阶段的血红扇头蜱进行的培养皿生物测定表明,100%的幼虫、若虫和成虫在24小时内被组装信息素纳米金复合物吸引。在诱捕到的952只蜱虫中,诱饵粘性诱捕装置总共诱捕到不同阶段的蜱虫,其中543只(57%)已饱血,409只(43%)为未进食的蜱虫。该研究表明,组装信息素诱饵诱捕器有潜力控制犬舍中的蜱虫侵扰。