Research Article

In Vitro Evaluation of Ethanolic Extracts of Ageratum conyzoides and Artemisia absinthium against Cattle Tick, Rhipicephalus microplus

Table 2

Tick weight, percent mortality, egg weight, reproductive index (RI), and inhibition of oviposition (IO) of R. microplus adults exposed to different concentrations of the ethanolic extract of A. absinthium.

Conc.Live tick wt. (mg)Mortality (%)Egg wt. (mg)RIIO (%)Hatching rate (%)
(%)(Mean ± SE)(Mean ± SE)(Mean ± SE)(Mean ± SE)(Mean ± SE)

Control100
1.2545
2.55
50
100
200
value0.00330.00050.00050.0085