Tests with Sprays of General Chemical 4072 for Systemic Control of Cattle Grubs

1 October 1961

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology

Vol. 54 (5) , 1047
https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/54.5.1047

Abstract

Five yearling cattle were sprayed twice (August and September with 0.25% General Chemical 4072 (2-chloro-l-(2,4-dichlorophenyl) vinyl diethyl phosphate), and 9 cows were sprayed once (August). Both groups had a 94-95% reduction in the number of common cattle grubs (Hypoderma lineatum) encysting in the backs of treated animals, as compared with the number in untreated cattle.