Prospects for the development of odour baits to control the tsetse flies Glossina tachinoides and G. palpalis s.l.

• Main Authors: J B Rayaisse (Author), I Tirados (Author), D Kaba (Author), S Y Dewhirst (Author), J G Logan (Author), A Diarrassouba (Author), E Salou (Author), M O Omolo (Author), P Solano (Author), M J Lehane (Author), J A Pickett (Author), G A Vale (Author), S J Torr (Author), J Esterhuizen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Field studies were done of the responses of Glossina palpalis palpalis in Côte d'Ivoire, and G. p. gambiensis and G. tachinoides in Burkina Faso, to odours from humans, cattle and pigs. Responses were measured either by baiting (1.) biconical traps or (2.) electrocuting black targets with natu...