Sticky small target : an effective sampling tool for tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead, 1910

dc.contributor.authorMbewe, Njelembo J.
dc.contributor.authorSaini, Rajinder K.
dc.contributor.authorTorto, Baldwyn
dc.contributor.authorIrungu, Janet
dc.contributor.authorYusuf, Abdullahi Ahmed
dc.contributor.authorPirk, Christian Walter Werner
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-19T06:23:21Z
dc.date.available2018-09-19T06:23:21Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND : Small targets comprising panels of blue and insecticide-treated black netting material each 0.25 × 0. 25 m have been shown to attract and kill Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead, 1910 (Diptera: Glossinidae) thereby reducing its population density by over 90% in field trials. However, their attractive ability has not been fully exploited for sampling purposes. Therefore, in this study we assessed the effectiveness of using sticky small targets as sampling tools for G. f. fuscipes in western Kenya. We also determined the influence of colour on the landing response of female and male flies on sticky small targets. METHODS : Using a series of randomised block experiments, the numbers of tsetse flies caught with sticky small targets were compared with those caught with biconical traps. A negative binomial regression was used to model fly catches. Odds ratios as measures of association between the landing response on the blue or black panel of the sticky small target and the sex of flies were obtained from a multiple logistic regression. RESULTS : The results showed that sticky small targets caught 13.5 and 3.6 times more female and male tsetse flies than biconical traps (Z = 9.551, P < 0.0001 and Z = 5.978, P < 0.0001, respectively). Females had a 1.7 times likelihood of landing on the black panel than males (Z = 2.25, P = 0.025). CONCLUSION : This study suggests that sticky small targets are an effective sampling tool for G. f. fuscipes. Therefore, we recommend the use of sticky small targets as an alternative to biconical traps for observational and experimental investigations of G. f. fuscipes.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe European Union’s integrated Biological Control Applied Research Programme (IBCARP) - tsetse repellent component grant number IBCARP DCI-FOOD/2014/346-739; UK’s Department for International Development (DFID); Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); the Swedish Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); the University of Pretoria; the South African National Research Foundation’ IFRR to AAY and NRF/ CRP to CWWP and the Kenyan Government.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.parasitesandvectors.comen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMbewe, N.J., Saini, R.K., Torto, B. et al. 2018, 'Sticky small target : an effective sampling tool for tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead, 1910', Parasites and Vectors, vol. 11, pp. 1-7.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1756-3305 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1186/s13071-018-2840-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/66592
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_ZA
dc.rights© The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_ZA
dc.subjectRiverine tsetse fliesen_ZA
dc.subjectSmall targetsen_ZA
dc.subjectSamplingen_ZA
dc.subjectBehaviouren_ZA
dc.subjectDensityen_ZA
dc.subjectSurveillanceen_ZA
dc.subjectHuman African trypanosomiasis (HAT)en_ZA
dc.subjectMorsitansen_ZA
dc.subjectVisual control devicesen_ZA
dc.subjectGlossina tachinoidesen_ZA
dc.subjectDipteraen_ZA
dc.subjectBaitsen_ZA
dc.subjectFliesen_ZA
dc.subjectSleeping sicknessen_ZA
dc.subjectCost effectivenessen_ZA
dc.titleSticky small target : an effective sampling tool for tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead, 1910en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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