title: Effects of destruxin A on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).
abstract: This study evaluated the effects of destruxin A on Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus females, since this toxin is one of the likely causes of high mortality induced by the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae in arthropods. Ticks were immersed or inoculated with different concentrations of destruxin A. Despite the doses applied, there were no deaths or significant alterations in oviposition between the groups treated with destruxin A and the control groups. No other external effect caused by destruxin, such as tetanic paralysis, was observed in these engorged female ticks after the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program on Veterinary Sciences, Department of Animal Parasitology, Veterinary Institute, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Patrícia Silva
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Gôlo
authors.forename: Isabele da Costa
authors.initials: Ida C
authors.lastname: Angelo
authors.forename: Mariana Guedes
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Camargo
authors.forename: Wendell Marcelo de Souza
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Perinotto
authors.forename: Vânia Rita Elias Pinheiro
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Bittencourt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D047630:Depsipeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000187:drug effects*; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D047630:Depsipeptides; D009183:Mycotoxins; C040423:destruxin A