Standardizing Visual Control Devices for Tsetse Flies: East African Species Glossina Swynnertoni

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dc.creatorMramba, Furaha
dc.creatorOloo, Francis
dc.creatorByamungu, Mechtilda
dc.creatorKröber, Thomas
dc.creatorMcmullin, Andrew
dc.creatorMihok, Steve
dc.creatorGuerin, Patrick M.
dc.date2016-07-11T14:51:33Z
dc.date2016-07-11T14:51:33Z
dc.date2013-01
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T13:29:42Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T13:29:42Z
dc.descriptionHere we set out to standardize long-lasting, visually-attractive devices for , a vector of both human and animal trypanosomiasis in open savannah in Tanzania and Kenya, and in neighbouring conservation areas used by pastoralists. The goal was to determine the most practical device/material that would induce the strongest landing response in for use in area-wide population suppression of this fly with insecticide-impregnated devices. Trials were conducted in wet and dry seasons in the Serengeti and Maasai Mara to measure the performance of traps and targets of different sizes and colours, with and without chemical baits, at different population densities and under different environmental conditions. Adhesive film was used as a simple enumerator at these remote locations to compare trapping efficiencies of devices. Independent of season or presence of chemical baits, targets in phthalogen blue or turquoise blue cloth with adhesive film were the best devices for capturing G. in all situations, catching up to 19 times more flies than pyramidal traps. Baiting with chemicals did not affect the relative performance of devices. Fly landings were two times higher on 1 m blue-black targets as on pyramidal traps when equivalent areas of both were covered with adhesive film. Landings on 1 m blue-black targets were compared to those on smaller phthalogen blue 0.5 m all-blue or blue-black-blue cloth targets, and to landings on all-blue plastic 0.32-0.47 m leg panels painted in phthalogen blue. These smaller targets and leg panels captured equivalent numbers of per unit area as bigger targets. Leg panels and 0.5 m cloth targets show promise as cost effective devices for management of as they can be used for both control (insecticide-impregnated cloth) and for sampling (rigid plastic with insect glue or adhesive film) of populations.
dc.identifierMramba, F., Oloo, F., Byamungu, M., Kröber, T., McMullin, A., Mihok, S. and Guerin, P.M., 2013. Standardizing visual control devices for tsetse flies: East African species Glossina swynnertoni. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 7(2), p.e2063.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3073
dc.identifier10.1371/journal.pntd.0002063 · Source: PubMed
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3073
dc.languageen
dc.titleStandardizing Visual Control Devices for Tsetse Flies: East African Species Glossina Swynnertoni
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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