Efficiency of the Insecticide Composition "Abifipr" at Melofagosis of Sheep

Vladimir N Domatsky,Anna N Siben,Nataliya I Beletskaya,Andrey A Nikonov

doi:10.3844/ojbsci.2018.95.100

Abstract

The object of research is livestock animals, i.e., sheep (Ovis aries), agents of parasitic diseases of animals (Melophagus ovinus) and drugs used against myiasis of animals. The purpose of the work is to study the possibility of creation of an insecticide composition on the base of fipronil that will be efficient against the sheep ked and to determine its efficiency against Melophagus ovinus. The results, i.e., laboratory experiments to study the efficiency of the insecticide composition abifipr in different concentrations of fipronil, showed that the composition containing 0.5% fipronil and 0.1% abamectin is optimal against the imago of the sheep ked. The application of the dose of insecticide composition abifipr – 1 ml per 10 kg of live weight locally once on the skin along the spinal column - provides 100% efficiency against Melophagus ovinus.

Highlights

One of the most important agricultural branches is livestock breeding, the share of which is 55% of the cost of gross product of the agricultural branch
According to the set goal, we performed laboratory experiments to study the insecticide activity of the abifipr composition with different concentrations of fipronil
The laboratory experiments on studying the insecticide activity of abifipr in different concentrations of active agents revealed that the composition containing 0.5% of fipronil and 0.1% of abamectin was the optimal variant against the sheep ked imago

Summary

Introduction

One of the most important agricultural branches is livestock breeding, the share of which is 55% of the cost of gross product of the agricultural branch. The high degree of melofagosis occurrence rate in sheep and the lack of efficient remedies used for this disease were the reasons for developing a preparation that would have high insecticidal activity, low toxicity to animals and the minimum effect on the environment. In this respect, the aim of our study was to create a fipronilbased insecticidal composition to be used for sheep melofagosis. The tasks of the research included the folowing: choosing the components required for creating a convenient and easy to use form of the preparation, performing laboratory tests on Melophagus ovinus for identifying insecticidal properties of the form of administration, studying efficiency in field experiments on the sheep with melofagosis and studying its toxic effect on animals (physiological and hematological parameters)

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