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Acaricidal activity of petroleum ether extracts from Eupatorium adenophorum against the ectoparasitic cattle mite, Chorioptes texanus

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In this study, we evaluated the acaricidal efficacy of extracts obtained from the plant Eupatorium adenophorum against the common cattle mite Chorioptes texanus. The results showed that 95 % ethanol extracts at concentrations of 1.0, 0.5, and 0.25 g/mL (w/v) were highly toxic to C. texanus in vitro, killing 100 % of mites in 4 h. Similarly, petroleum ether extracts of E. adenophorum resulted in between 80 and 100 % mortality of mites in vitro at concentrations of 0.1, 0.05, and 0.025 mL/mL (v/v) within 4 h. In clinical trials, all infected individuals completely recovered after two treatments administered at 7-day intervals and remained disease-free at 60 days posttreatment. The clinical effect of treatment with E. adenophorum petroleum ether extracts was similar to that of treatment with the acaricide fenvalerate. These results indicated that E. adenophorum contains novel potential acaricidal compounds that can effectively control mites in livestock.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by Scientific Research Fund of Sichuan Provincial Education Department (no. 11ZB131) and Scientific Research Fund of Leshan Normal University (no. Z1327). We would especially like to thank Prof. Chao Hu (Sichuan Agricultural University) for the morphological identification of E. adenophorum and we wish to thank Lin Chen, Chun-Lin Fang, De-Ying Yang, and Shu-Xian Wang for their kind help.

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  1. Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, 625014, Sichuan, China

    Xiang Nong, Jia-Hai Wang, Yue Xie, Ran He, Xiao-Bin Gu & Guang-You Yang

  2. College of Life Sciences, Leshan Normal University, Le’shan, 614004, China

    Xiang Nong, Shu-Hua Li & Feng-Zheng Chen

  3. College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, 625014, China

    Tian-Fei Liu

  4. College of Life and Basic Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, 625014, China

    Xue-Rong Peng

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Nong, X., Li, SH., Wang, JH. et al. Acaricidal activity of petroleum ether extracts from Eupatorium adenophorum against the ectoparasitic cattle mite, Chorioptes texanus . Parasitol Res 113, 1201–1207 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-3758-3

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