@article {46892, title = {Controlling lice and chorioptic mange mites on dairy cattle}, journal = {Journal of economic entomology}, volume = {60}, year = {1967}, note = {LR: 20031114; JID: 2985127R; 0 (Insecticides); ppublish}, month = {1967}, pages = {1615 - 1623}, address = {UNITED STATES}, abstract = {

Conventional high-gallonage, high-volume spraying of dairy cattle with 0.03\% diazinon, 0.1\% coumaphos, 0.1\% carbaryl, or 0.1-0.5\% Ciodrin\® (alpha-methylbenzyl 3-hydroxycrotonate dimethyl phosphate) controlled cattle biting lice, Bovicola bovis (L.); long-nosed cattle lice, Linognathus vituli (L.); and short-nosed cattle lice, Haematopinus eurysternus (Nitzsch). Ciodrin and carbaryl were not as completely effective as diazinon and coumaphos when herds were sprayed only once. 0.125\% rotenone plus 2.5\% sulfur required 2 applications for adequate control. Concentrations of Ciodrin as low as 0.03-0.06\% applied twice, were completely effective against the chorioptic mange mite, Chorioptes bovis (Hering), but not against lice.

An electric mist blower was used to apply low-volume concentrates at 2-8 oz of mist/cow. Ciodrin emulsion, 1-2\%, at 8 oz/cow, applied twice, completely controlled all the louse species previously mentioned as well as the chorioptic mange mite. In one of the 8 herds treated, a small number of the little blue louse, Solenopotes capillatus Enderlein, survived 6 weeks after the 2nd application. A similar application of 2\% ronnel completely controlled 2 species of sucking lice. Rotenone, 0.5\%, applied twice gave good but not complete louse control, and was not effective against the chorioptic mange mite. Ciodrin was tested also as a 2\% solution in a livestock spray oil at 71-107 ml/cow and completely controlled cattle biting and sucking lice and chorioptic mange mites with 2 applications. Also effective was 83-150 ml/cow of 1 \% Ciodrin plus 0.25\% dichlorvos solution. Dichlorvos, 1\%, alone was effective against all louse species but not the chorioptic mange mite. Preliminary experiments indicated that 2\% trichlorfon, 2\% coumaphos, and 1\% fenthion were effective when applied as a low-volume mist.

Emulsions containing 8.3\% Ruelene\® (4-tert-butyl-2-chlorophenyl methyl methylphosphoramidate) or 5\% fenthion, poured on the backs of cattle, reduced populations of the cattle biting louse and the long-nosed cattle louse. Two applications of Ruelene did not completely control the cattle biting louse.
\© 1967 Entomological Society of America

}, keywords = {animals, cattle, insecticide, Lice/drug effects, Mites/drug effects}, isbn = {0022-0493}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/60.6.1615}, url = {http://jee.oxfordjournals.org/content/60/6/1615.long}, author = {Matthysse,John George and Pendleton,R. F. and Padula,A. and Nielsen,G. R.} }