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A self-medicating applicator for control of ticks on deer
Authors:DANIEL E SONENSHINE  SANDRA A ALLAN  R ANDREW I NORVAL  MICHAEL J BURRIDGE
Institution:Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, U.S.A.;*Department of Pathobiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
Abstract:Abstract. A self-medicating applicator for killing ticks on deer and domestic ungulates by passive transfer of acaricides during feeding is described. The applicator consists of a barrel divided into a food bin (above) and a sealed self-contained acaricide reservoir (below) with a vertical, centrally-located ceramic column that extends from the reservoir into the food bin. Acaricide is drawn up the column from the sealed reservoir by absorption. Animals attracted to the food in the device acquire the acaricide during feeding when they contact the uppermost portion of the column.
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) readily utilize the applicator in penned and natural conditions. In a field study, examination of hunter-killed deer demonstrated that animals from a treated site were infested with many fewer Ixodes scapularis (3.4 ± 1.1) than those from a control site (10.8 ± 3.0). Chromatographic analysis of hair samples revealed traces of permethrin on three of the four animals examined, suggesting use of applicators by these deer. In a study using penned goats {Capra hircus) infested with Amblyomma americanum ticks, treatment efficacy reached 86.4% within 4 days of exposure to the applicators. Visual observations confirmed that all animals used the applicators. Gas chromatographic analysis of goat hair samples indicated that permethrin was detectable on all of the treated animals exposed to the device.
Keywords:Ixodes scapularis            Acari  self-medicating applicator  permethrin  tick control  white-tailed deer  Virginia  U  S  A
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