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Die isolering en identifisering van die hondafwerende faktor in die kutikulêre afskeiding van die geelhondebosluis, Haemaphysalis leachi
Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2004.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/49920 Die isolering en identifisering van die hondafwerende faktor in die kutikulêre afskeiding van die geelhondebosluis, Haemaphysalis leachi Marx, Brenda Burger, B. V. Le Roux, M. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Chemistry & Polymer Science. Haemaphysalis Ticks -- Control Ticks Secretion -- Analysis Dissertations -- Chemistry Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2004. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: When in close contact with the Yellow Dog Tick, Haemaphysalis leachi, dogs show clear signs of disgust or even nausea. It is accepted that the secretion is produced by the tick in order to prevent the dog from removing the tick from its body with its teeth, thereby increasing the chances for the tick's survival. The composition of this secretion was studied in order to identify the chemical compounds responsible for the repellent action of the secretion. Because of the dog's keen sense of smell, the tick only needs to produce minute quantities of this repellant, which significantly complicated the detection of the different components by conventional GC-methods. Several sampling and sample enrichment methods were explored, including solvent extraction, SPME sample enrichment, adsorption on active charcoal, cryoprecipitation, sorption in a phasecoated open tubular trap, as well as solventless sampling, in order to determine which method would ensure an appropriate amount of sample for gas chromatographic detection. Two of these sampling methods yielded acceptable results: The first method consisted of rinsing irritated female ticks with dichloromethane and, after concentrating the sample by evaporation, GC-MS analysis using normal splitless injection. The second method entailed collecting secretions by wiping irritated ticks with glass micro fibre filter paper after which the paper was inserted directly into the inlet liner of the GCMS system, where thermal desorption of the volatile constituents of the secretion preceded gas chromatographic separation and mass spectral detection. Live dogs were needed for the evaluation of the isolated material to determine whether the samples had an aversive effect on them. The extract was separated into different fractions, which were further separated into subfractions. After each separation process, all the fractions were tested for efficacy in order to determine which fraction contained the active components, narrowing down the number of candidate target compounds. It was concluded that a combination of aldehydes, namely hexanal, heptanal, octanal, nonanal, decanal, undecanal and dodecanal, is responsible for the dog repelling action of the secretion. In most cases the semiochemicals of insects and mammals are secreted in a more complex matrix to ensure prolonged activity. For this reason some of the other compounds in the complex cuticular secretion of this tick species were also identified during the course of this study. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Honde toon duidelike tekens van afkeer of selfs naarheid wanneer hulle in noue kontak kom met die afskeiding van 'n sekere bosluisspesie, die geelhondebosluis, Haemaphysalis leachi. Daar word aangeneem dat die bosluis die afskeiding produseer om te verhoed dat die hond dit met sy bek van sy liggaam verwyder. Hierdeur word die oorlewingskanse van die bosluis verbeter. 'n Studie is gemaak van die samestelling van die vlugtige komponente van hierdie afskeiding om die chemiese verbindings, wat verantwoordelik is vir die afweer van honde, te identifiseer. As gevolg van die sensitiwiteit van 'n hond se reuksintuig, is dit vir die bosluis nodig om slegs uiters klein kwantiteite van hierdie afweerstof af te skei, wat die waarneming van die verskillende komponente deur middel van konvensionele GC-metodes baie bemoeilik het. Ten einde die mees effektiewe metode te vind wat 'n gepaste hoeveelheid monster vir waarneming op 'n gaschromatograafdetektor sou verseker, is verskeie monsternemings en -verrykingsmetodes ondersoek, naamlik oplosmiddelekstraksie, SPME-monsterverrykingsmetodes, adsorpsie op aktiewe koolstof, kriopresipitasie, sorpsie in 'n fase-belaagde oopbuisval en oplosmiddellose monsterneming, Twee monsternemingsmetodes het aanvaarbare resultate gelewer: Met die eerste metode is geïrriteerde wyfiebosluise met dichlorometaan afgespoel en die ekstrak is na indamping met behulp van monsterinspuiting sonder inlaatstroomverdeling deur middel van GC-MS geanaliseer. Met die tweede metode is die afskeiding van geïrriteerde bosluise met mikroglasveselpapier afgevee en die papier is direk in die binnebuis van die inlaat van die GC-MS-sisteem geplaas, waar die vlugtige komponente termies gedesorbeer is vir gaschromatografiese skeiding en massaspektrometriese waarneming. Om die aktiwiteit van die geïsoleerde materiaal te evalueer, is van lewende honde gebruik gemaak, om vas te stel of hulle aversie teenoor die betrokke monsters toon. Die ekstrak is in verskillende fraksies geskei, wat weer in subfraksies verder geskei is. Alle fraksies is na elke skeidingsproses getoets vir effektiwiteit om vas te stel watter van die fraksies die aktiewe verbindings bevat. Sodoende is die aantal moontlikhede vir die teikenverbindings met elke skeidingstap verminder. Daar is gevind dat 'n reeks aldehiede, naamlik heksanaal, heptanaal, oktanaal, dekanaal, undekanaal en dodekanaal, gesamentlik verantwoordelik is vir die afweer van honde. Insekte en soogdiere skei dikwels semioverbindings in 'n draermateriaal af om daardeur meer langdurige werking te verseker. In hierdie ondersoek is dus ook 'n begin gemaak met die identifisering van die ander verbindings wat in die besonder komplekse kutikulêre afskeiding van hierdie bosluisspesie aanwesig is. 2012-08-27T11:33:09Z 2012-08-27T11:33:09Z 2004-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49920 af_ZA Stellenbosch University 112 p. : ill. application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Haemaphysalis Ticks -- Control Ticks Secretion -- Analysis Dissertations -- Chemistry Marx, Brenda Die isolering en identifisering van die hondafwerende faktor in die kutikulêre afskeiding van die geelhondebosluis, Haemaphysalis leachi |
| title | Die isolering en identifisering van die hondafwerende faktor in die kutikulêre afskeiding van die geelhondebosluis, Haemaphysalis leachi |
| title_full | Die isolering en identifisering van die hondafwerende faktor in die kutikulêre afskeiding van die geelhondebosluis, Haemaphysalis leachi |
| title_fullStr | Die isolering en identifisering van die hondafwerende faktor in die kutikulêre afskeiding van die geelhondebosluis, Haemaphysalis leachi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Die isolering en identifisering van die hondafwerende faktor in die kutikulêre afskeiding van die geelhondebosluis, Haemaphysalis leachi |
| title_short | Die isolering en identifisering van die hondafwerende faktor in die kutikulêre afskeiding van die geelhondebosluis, Haemaphysalis leachi |
| title_sort | die isolering en identifisering van die hondafwerende faktor in die kutikulere afskeiding van die geelhondebosluis haemaphysalis leachi |
| topic | Haemaphysalis Ticks -- Control Ticks Secretion -- Analysis Dissertations -- Chemistry |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49920 |
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