EFFICACY OF CERTAIN INSECTICIDES AGAINST RAT FLEA (XENOPSYLLA CHEOPIS) AMONG RODENT SPECIES IN CAIRO GOVERNORATE, EGYPT | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 45, Issue 1, April 2015, Page 1-6 PDF (181.87 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2015.89670 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| MOHAMED ISMAIL SOLIMAN; AZZA S. ABD EL- HALIM; MICHEAL WILLIAM MIKHAIL | ||||
| Research Institute of Medical Entomology, Ministry of Health, Dokki, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The efficacy of malathion, chlorpyrifos and deltamethrine to oriental rat flea, Xenopsylla cheopis associated different rodent species was carried out in Cairo Governorates. The results indicated that the Lc50 values were1.972, 1.023 and 0.185 % for Malathion, Chlorpyrifos and Deltamethrine, respectively. The values of Lc90 were 4.452, 2.269 & 0.456 % for the three insecticides respectively. Data also indicated that deltamethrine was effective on fleas than malathion and chlorpyrifos. The slope function was 3.625, 3.70 & 3.267, respectively. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Rodent; Fleas; Malathion; Chlorpyrifos; Deltamethrine; Insecticides | ||||
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