Insecticidal Activity of Some Traditionally Used Ethiopian Medicinal Plants against Sheep Ked Melophagus ovinus

Table 4

The corrected mortality rate of M. ovinus sheep keds exposed to different concentrations of Aloe species,  B. abyssinica, and C. macrostachyus leaves aqueous extracts.

Dose (mg/mL)	Corrected mortality rate (%)
	Aloe sp.		C. macrostachyus		B. abyssinica
	3 h PI	24 h PI	3 h PI	24 h PI	3 h PI	24 h PI
6.24	0.0±0.0^d	0.0±0.0^c	0.0±0.0^d	0.0±0.0^d	0.0±0.0^d	0.0±0.0^d
12.5	6.7±0.6^cd	6.7±0.6^c	6.7±0.6^d	6.7±0.6^d	0.0±0.0^d	0.0±0.0^d
25	13.3±0.6^c	13.3±0.6^c	6.7±0.6^d	6.7±0.6^cd	0.0±0.0^d	6.7±0.6^cd
50	13.3±0.6^c	13.3±0.6^c	6.7±0.6^cd	6.7±0.6^bc	6.7±0.6^cd	16.7±0.6^bc
100	30.0±0.0^b	40.0±1.0^b	26.7±0.6^bc	26.7±0.6^b	16.7±0.6^bc	20.0±0.0^b
200	30.0±0.0^b	40.0±1.0^b	30.0±0.0^b	30.0±0.0^b	23.3±0.6^b	26.7±0.6^b
Control^+	73.3±0.6^a	100.0±0.0^a	73.3±0.6^a	100.0±0.0^a	73.3±0.6^a	100.0±0.0^a

+Ivermectin (10 𝜇g/mL); PI: postincubation; values are expressed as mean ± SD. Mean values with different letters in the same column are significantly different (𝑃<0.05).