RT Journal Article
T1 Assessment of Repellency and Acaricidal Potential of Nigella sativa Essential Oil Using Rhipicephalus microplus Ticks
A1 Al-Hoshani, Nawal
A1 Zaman, Muhammad Arfan
A1 Al Syaad, Khalid M.
A1 Salman, Muhammad
A1 Ur Rehman, Tauseef
A1 Olmeda García, Ángeles Sonia
AB Owing to the development of resistance in ticks, the presence of drug residues in food products and the non-target toxicity associated with synthetic acaricides, the scientists are forced to discover some other effective tick control alternatives like botanicals. Hence, in this perspective, the current study was focused on the investigation of repellent and acaricidal potential of Nigella (N.) sativa essential oil against the Rhipicephalus (R.) microplus ticks. Moreover, this research also included the phytochemical analysis of N. sativa essential oil through GC-FID procedure which indicated nerol to be its major constituent. Both the repellent and the acaricidal experiments were conducted using the N. sativa essential oil at 1, 2.5, 5, 10 and 20% v/v dilutions. The results of these experiments indicated the N. sativa essential oil to exert repellent, acaricidal and reproductive effects in terms of various parameters with dose-dependent responses. Thus, the N. sativa essential oil may serve as an effective alternative for the control of R. microplus tick infestation.
PB Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Agriculture (Pakistan)
SN 0253-8318
YR 2023
FD 2023-07-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104476
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104476
LA eng
NO Al-Hoshani N, Zaman MA, Al Syaad KM, Salman M, Rehman TU and Olmeda AS, 2023. Assessment of repellency and acaricidal potential of nigella sativa essential oil using rhipicephalus microplus ticks. Pak Vet J, 43(3): 606-610. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2023.054
NO Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University
NO King Khalid University
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025