Abstract
Efficacy and Safety of Natural Essential Oils Mixture on Tick Infestation in Dogs
Highlights
Ticks are the most common external parasites of dogs (Chomel, 2011; Dantas-Torres et al, 2012)
Infested non-treated dogs showed skin lesions caused by tick bites in form of skin irritation and inflammation (Figure 1a)
The pretreated group (4) ticks were not attached to dog skin without detectable lesion
Summary
Ticks are the most common external parasites of dogs (Chomel, 2011; Dantas-Torres et al, 2012). In the last decade there has been an extensive research on the repellent and acaricidal effects of many essential oils against ticks. The majority of these researches have focused on species of Rhipicephalus and Ixodes (both: Ixodida: Ixodidae) ticks, largely in vitro. Animals in group 1 were kept as non-infested non-treated control dogs. Group 3 was infested and treated orally with essential oils mixture 0.25 ml/kg b.wt for 3 successive days/ month. Group 4 was pretreated with essential oils mixture (0.25 ml/kg b.wt) for 3 successive days as preventive before tick infestation. The tick numbers in treated and control group were counted at 6, 12 and 24 hours after 1st dose as well as at 3,7 14 28 days from start of treatment.
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