The role of cattle as hosts of Glossina longipennis at Galana ranch, south-eastern Kenya

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 331-336

  Makumi, J N ^a   Green, C H ^b   Baylis, M ^c  

^a Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attraction; behaviour; Glossina longipennis; hosts; odours; trypanosomiasis; Tsetse fly

Indexed keywords

GLOSSINA LONGIPENNIS; BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; DIPTERA; GLOSSINIDAE; HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS; SUIDAE;

BLOOD FEEDING; CATTLE; HOST ODOUR; TSETSE FLY;

KENYA, GALANA RANCH;

EID: 0030301567     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00753.x     Document Type: Article

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