Marcelo Beltrão Molento

Essential Oils for Myiasis Control: Potentialities for Ecofriendly Insecticides

Amanda Chaaban, Erik Nunes Gomes, Vera Maria Carvalho Silva Santos, Cícero Deschamps & Marcelo Beltrão Molento · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2017

Background: Flies that cause myiasis are considered one of the main ectoparasites affecting livestock. This pathology may produce a reduction in body development, compromises animal welfare, and in severe cases, can lead to death. Although the control of this pathology relies on...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2017/38112

Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Tagetes minuta and Its Activity against Cochliomyia macellaria (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Amanda Chaaban, Andre Luis Fachini de Souza, Carlos Eduardo Nogueira Martins, Fabiano Cleber Bertoldi & Marcelo Beltrão Molento · European Journal of Medicinal Plants · 2017

Background: Myiasis produced by Diptera larvae is responsible for the invasion of body tissues, seriously compromising animal welfare and causing significant economic losses to livestock. Cochliomyia macellaria is an important agent responsible for secondary myiasis, exacerbating...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJMP/2017/32078