Biomaterial Database

Survey of pesticides used in the control of ectoparasites on farm animals in Ghana. 1994

B Awumbila, and E Bokuma

Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Legon.

A study to identify the various types of pesticides used on farm animals in Ghana for the control of ectoparasites was conducted in 1989. Eleven organisations involved with pesticide use were questioned. Thirty organised farms and 110 kraals distributed throughout the 10 regions of Ghana were visited. Twenty different pesticides were in use. Of these 45% were organophosphates, 30% were synthetic pyrethroids, 15% were carbamates and 10% organochlorines. The most widely distributed and used pesticide was an organochlorine (lindane), which accounted for 35% of those used on farms and 85% used by herdsmen. The most popular mode of application was by hand dressing. No withdrawal periods before slaughter or sale of milk for consumption were practised. The implications of these findings in the light of possible emergence of pesticide resistance and health hazards are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007306	Insecticides	Pesticides designed to control insects that are harmful to man. The insects may be directly harmful, as those acting as disease vectors, or indirectly harmful, as destroyers of crops, food products, or textile fabrics.	Insecticide
D010573	Pesticide Residues	Pesticides or their breakdown products remaining in the environment following their normal use or accidental contamination.	Pesticide Residue,Residue, Pesticide,Residues, Pesticide
D004363	Drug Utilization	The utilization of drugs as reported in individual hospital studies, FDA studies, marketing, or consumption, etc. This includes drug stockpiling, and patient drug profiles.	Utilization, Drug,Drug Utilizations,Utilizations, Drug
D004478	Ectoparasitic Infestations	Infestations by PARASITES which live on, or burrow into, the surface of their host's EPIDERMIS. Most ectoparasites are ARTHROPODS.	Ectoparasitic Infestation,Infestation, Ectoparasitic,Infestations, Ectoparasitic
D005869	Ghana	A republic in western Africa, south of BURKINA FASO and west of TOGO. Its capital is Accra.	Gold Coast,Republic of Ghana
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000829	Animals, Domestic	Animals which have become adapted through breeding in captivity to a life intimately associated with humans. They include animals domesticated by humans to live and breed in a tame condition on farms or ranches for economic reasons, including LIVESTOCK (specifically CATTLE; SHEEP; HORSES; etc.), POULTRY; and those raised or kept for pleasure and companionship, e.g., PETS; or specifically DOGS; CATS; etc.	Farm Animals,Domestic Animals,Domesticated Animals,Animal, Domestic,Animal, Domesticated,Animal, Farm,Animals, Domesticated,Animals, Farm,Domestic Animal,Domesticated Animal,Farm Animal