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Tick control: an industry point of view

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2005

J.-F. GRAF ,
R. GOGOLEWSKI ,
N. LEACH-BING ,
G. A. SABATINI ,
M. B. MOLENTO ,
E. L. BORDIN  and
G. J. ARANTES
J.-F. GRAF
Affiliation:
Novartis Animal Health, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
R. GOGOLEWSKI
Affiliation:
Merial Australia, Paramatta, NSW 2124, Australia
N. LEACH-BING
Affiliation:
Veterinary Medicine Research and Development, Pfizer Animal Health, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ, UK
G. A. SABATINI
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil
M. B. MOLENTO
Affiliation:
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, São Paulo, SP 05588-972, Brazil
E. L. BORDIN
Affiliation:
Merial Saúde Animal Ltda., São Paulo, SP 13091-000, Brazil
G. J. ARANTES
Affiliation:
Eli Lilly do Brasil Ltda., São Paulo, SP 04703-002, Brazil
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Abstract

The development of new acaricides is a long and very expensive process. Worryingly, there is increasing resistance to available acaricides worldwide leading to the real possibility that our dwindling supply of effective acaricides will be exhausted unless action is taken to increase the number of new acaricidal products and reduce the rate of resistance development. In 1995, eight major animal health pharmaceutical companies formed the Veterinary Parasite Resistance Group (VPRG) to act as an expert consultative group to guide the FAO in resistance management and collaborate in the prudent use of acaricides. In this paper, members of the VPRG discuss the problems and processes in acaricide development, resistance in the field to commonly used acaricides and the different considerations when targeting the cattle and pet market, and give their view of the future for tick control from the perspective of the animal health industry.

Keywords

AcaricidetickresistanceBoophilus micropluscompanion marketdrug development
Type
Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 129 , Issue S1 , October 2004 , pp. S427 - S442
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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