Assessment of the molluscicidal activities of Tribromosalan, Cartap and Chlorothalonil against Oncomelania hupensis

Jpn J Med Sci Biol. 1992 Apr;45(2):75-80. doi: 10.7883/yoken1952.45.75.

Abstract

Molluscicidal activities of Tribromosalan, Cartap and Chlorothalonil were evaluated in the laboratory and the field against Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in China. The three chemicals were very effective against O. hupensis in the laboratory. The molluscicidal activities found in the field trials suggest that Tribromosalan and Cartap may be used as practical molluscicides. Dosage of 10 g/m2 of Tribromosalan in spring only and 20 g/m2 of Cartap in both spring and autumn would be recommendable as practical mollusciciding doses for the control of O. hupensis.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Lethal Dose 50
  • Mollusca / drug effects*
  • Nitriles / toxicity*
  • Salicylanilides / toxicity*
  • Seasons
  • Thiocarbamates / toxicity*

Substances

  • Nitriles
  • Salicylanilides
  • Thiocarbamates
  • tribromsalan
  • tetrachloroisophthalonitrile
  • carbamothioic acid, S,S'-(2-(dimethylamino)-1,3-propanediyl) ester