Evaluation of insecticide-treated cattle as a barrier to re-invasion of tsetse to cleared areas in northeastern Zimbabwe

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-184

  Warnes, M L ^a,e   Van Den Bossche, P ^b   Chihiya, J ^c   Mudenge, D ^b   Robinson, T P ^d   Shereni, W ^c   Chadenga, V ^c  

^a IPMI Tsetse Research Project   (Zimbabwe)

^b Regl Tsetse Trypanosomosis C   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Pestwatch (Bristol)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

G. pallidipes; Glossina morsitans; Insecticide treated cattle; Trypanosomiasis; Tsetse barriers; Tsetse control; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

INSECTICIDE; PEST CONTROL; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EVALUATION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLY; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EVALUATION STUDIES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; NITRILES; PYRETHRINS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TSETSE FLIES; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033133785     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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