Insecticide Resistance Management: A Long Term Strategy to Ensure Effective Pest Control in the Future

Insecticides are a very useful tool when it comes to improving farm productivity and some of the public health indices [1]. It is well recognized that adequate vector control positively impacts productivity, reducing the presentation of diseases [2]. Arthropod vectors can transmit all kinds of pathogens, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, helminths and rickettsiae [3]. The consideration of arthropods as vectors transmitting of pathogens that cause diseases is important both livestock and humans, given that some of the microorganisms have zoonotic potential, as in the case of Salmonella spp [4]. Some arthropods are recognized as pest and vectors on animal production, mainly house flies (Musca domestica), darkling beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus), poultry red mites (Dermanyssus gallinae), and cockroaches. In the most of cases, all of them are controlled through insecticides application.