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Efficacy of flumethrin pour on against Haematobia exigua fly infesting cattle under field conditions

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The efficacy of flumethrin 1% pour-on (1% w/v, Flumitas) was evaluated against Haematobia exigua on cattle farms in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu from November 2019 to February 2020. In this study, five farms, which had fly menace, selected randomly were divided as treatment (F1, F2, F3 and F4) and control (Fc) groups. Flies collected from the farms were identified as Haematobia exigua and a mean pre-treatment intensity was 195.56 ± 14.07 / animal by filming method. In the treatment groups (F1, F2, F3 and F4) flumethrin 1% pour on was applied to the back of cattle at the rate of 1 ml/10 kg body weight and fly intensity was recorded for a period of 2 months. The fly intensity reduced to zero after 30 min of application and the same trend continued till 28 DPT in F2 and F3, while it was effective 35 DPT in F1 and F4. A highly significant difference in the mean H. exigua fly counts between control and treatment group (P < 0.0001) was observed.

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The first author is thankful to Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University for having permitted to undergo Ph.D. programme on part time basis. The authors are grateful to farmers who permitted to conduct trials in their farms.

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  1. Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, TANUVAS, Chennai-51, Tamil Nadu, India

    Periyasamy Anbarasi & Gurusamy Ponnudurai

  2. Poultry Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance Laboratory, Namakkal,, TANUVAS, Chennai-51, Tamil Nadu, India

    Kandasamy Senthilvel

  3. Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Salem, TANUVAS, Chennai- 51, Tamil Nadu, India

    Kuppannan Sukumar

  4. Department of Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Salem, TANUVAS, Chennai-51, Tamil Nadu, India

    Palani Srinivasan

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PA and GP conceived and designed research. PA conducted experiments in the field. KSe, KSu and PS guided the research. PA analysed data and wrote the manuscript and GP edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Anbarasi, P., Ponnudurai, G., Senthilvel, K. et al. Efficacy of flumethrin pour on against Haematobia exigua fly infesting cattle under field conditions. Int J Trop Insect Sci 44, 1561–1566 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01254-0

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