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Four doses (0.03, 0.06, 0.09, and 0.12\u2009<jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>L of essential oil per gram of soap) and a control (soap without essential oil) with four replications for each treatment were used for<jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>trial. Each replication consisted of 10 ticks in a Petri dish with filter paper impregnated with the foam soap on the bottom. Following<jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>trials, three doses (0.06, 0.09, and 0.12\u2009<jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>L\/g) and the control in two replications were selected for<jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>test based on mortality rate recorded from the<jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>trial. Each replication was made up of 10 goats naturally infested with ticks. Results show that soap containing essential oil is toxic to<jats:italic>R. lunulatus<\/jats:italic>. The<jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>mortality rate in the control on day 8 was 22.69% whereas the highest dose (0.12\u2009<jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>L\/g) killed 96.29% of the ticks on day 8. The LD<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>of the foam soap containing essential oil was 0.037 and 0.059\u2009<jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>L\/g on day 2 in the laboratory and on the farm, respectively. 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