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Browsing Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute by Subject "Blood-sucking flies"
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Unknown; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa)
(2009-03-02)
Female tsetse flies deposit larvae in soft ground in shady places. The larvae moult to form pupae from which adult flies eventually emerge. The flies (male and female) then seek a blood meal. The mean life span of a male ...
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Unknown; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa)
(2008-03-28)
Several methods have been or are used to control trypanosomosis. Some of these are: 1. Control of the vectors (i.e. tsetse flies [Glossina spp]) -- 1.1. Remove their source of food (i.e. blood of animals) by reducing the ...
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Unknown; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa)
(2009-03-02)
In Africa, protozoon parasites of the genus Trypanosoma are responsible for causing what is probably still the most important disease of domestic livestock in Africa south of the Sahara Desert i.e. African animal trypanosomosis ...
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Unknown; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa)
(2009-03-02)
Several methods have been or are used to control trypanosomosis. One of the methods is bush clearing to reduce the fly's habitats and breeding sites.
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Unknown; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa)
(2008-02-27)
In Africa, protozoon parasites of the genus Trypanosoma are responsible for causing what is probably still the most important disease of domestic livestock in Africa south of the Sahara Desert i.e. African animal trypanosomosis ...
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Robinson, J.; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa)
(2008-04-17)
Glossina morsitans, a species originally thought to be the sole transmitter of Trypanosoma brucei brucei, the cause of nagana in central Africa; this species transmits this disease in some regions, but it is not the sole ...
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Unknown; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa)
(2008-02-27)
Tsetse-flies are bloodsucking flies which transmit trypanosomes biologically from animal to animal.
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Unknown; Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (South Africa)
(2009-03-02)
"Bait" cattle can be used to deterimine the incidence of tsetse flies in an area. Flies landing on cattle to feed are captured.