DETERMINACIÓN DE LA CONCENTRACIÓN EFECTIVA 50, 90 Y 99 DE IVERMECTINA SOBRE UNA CEPA DE GARRAPATA COMÚN DEL BOVINO (Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus) PROVENIENTE DE LA PROVINCIA DE SANTA FE-ARGENTINA

Abstract

The aim of this study was to obtain the sensitivity data of the native strains of R. microplus to ivermectin (IVM) in the province of Santa Fe-Argentina, in order to detect the emergence of resistant strains. Native (field isolation) and susceptible (reference) larvae of R. microplus were treated with increasing concentrations of IVM in order to determine its efficacy at different doses. The statistical treatment of the concentration-efficacy curves was performed by the PROBIT model, who is a standardized method proposed by FAO. The results obtained indicated that the larvae isolated were susceptible, being the values of LD50 (9.66 ppm) and LD90 (17.41 ppm), which were lower than those of the reference strain (LD50:13.58 ppm, LD90:19.31 ppm), and the RR (resistance ratio) were less than one (RR50: 0.711; RR90: 0.901). The DL99 (51.48 ppm) was only obtained in the reference strain to determine the discriminant dose (DL99x2), which is a parameter that could be used to easily discriminate susceptible and resistant larvae populations.