Responses of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes to visually attractive stationary devices baited with 4-methylguaiacol and certain repellent compounds in waterbuck odour.

• Main Authors: Njelembo J Mbewe (Author), Rajinder K Saini (Author), Janet Irungu (Author), Abdullahi A Yusuf (Author), Christian W W Pirk (Author), Baldwyn Torto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>A blend of compounds (pentanoic acid, guaiacol, δ-octalactone and geranylacetone) identified in waterbuck (Kobus defassa) body odour referred to as waterbuck repellent compounds (WRC) and a synthetic repellent 4-methylguaiacol have previously been shown to repel tsetse...