Assessing the effects of the leaf and seed ethanolic extracts of carica papaya against the brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)

• Main Authors: Del Rosario, Alexandra Ysabel H., Carmelina, Danica Marie S.D., Marciano, Ma. Czarina Angela E., Yau, Trixie B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2024
• Subjects: Papaya—Therapeutic use; Plant extracts—Therapeutic use; Brown dog tick; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_bio/69
• Institution: De La Salle University

Previous research have covered the acaricidal activities of Carica papaya extract on a number of tick species under the Rhipicephalus genus, but none so far have extensively evaluated its effects on Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. The tick species R. sanguineus is the most prevalent tick species in...