Hall, D.R. ORCID: 0000-0002-7887-466X, Gough, A.J.E., Adams, P.H., Beevor, P.S., Cork, A., Green, C.H., Smith, Jane L., Taylor, J.H.L. and Warnes, M.L. (1990) Identification of host odour attractants for tsetse flies. Final report 1986-1990. Project Report. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham, UK.

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Abstract

Tsetse flies, Glossina spp., are blood-feeding insects and vectors of trypanosomes, microorganisms which cause sleeping sickness in man and a similar disease, "nagana" in domestic animals. The economic importance of trypanosomiasis is the constraint it imposes on orderly rural development in Africa, leading to under-exploitation of infested land and over-exploitation and degradation of trypanosomiasis-free areas.

Traps and targets which attract tsetse flies and kill them could provide environmentally-acceptable, appropriate technology for monitoring and control of tsetse in Africa. Unbaited devices providing only visual attraction have proved effective in monitoring and control of riverine species of tsetse, but not the savannah species found in the fly belt of Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe covered by the EDF Regional Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control Project (RTTCP).

Previously, collaborative was begun between glossinologists of the Zimbabwe Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) and UK Tsetse Research Laboratory (TRL) and chemists at NRI. This brought together the experience of the DVS in the field, the experience of TRL in laboratory bioassay work, and the experience of NRI in using gas chromatography linked to electroantennography (GC-EAG) and chemical techniques to detect and identify insect behaviour-modifying chemicals. Tsetse attractants produced by host animals were identified and synthesised, and dispensing systems for these compounds devised. Traps and targets impregnated with insecticide, baited with these lures were shown to provide effective control of the savannah tsetse species, G. pallidipes and G. m. morsitans.

Item Type:	Monograph (Project Report)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	tsetse fly, Glossina spp, sleeping sickness, trypanosomiasis, host odour attractant, phenols, octenols, Africa, tsetse attractant, traps, targets, G. pallidipes, G. m. morsitans, odour bait
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Agriculture, Health & Environment Department
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Last Modified:	28 Nov 2019 15:25
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/12273

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