Pyrethroid Treatment of Cattle for Tsetse Control: Reducing Its Impact on Dung Fauna

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Vale, Glyn A ^a,b   Hargrove, John W ^b   Chamisa, Andrew ^c   Grant, Ian F ^a   Torr, Stephen J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Division of Tsetse Control   (Zimbabwe)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BULLOCK; CATTLE FARMING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GLOSSINIDAE; INSECT CONTROL; LEG; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; STOMACH; ANIMAL; BEETLE; BOVINE; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CATTLE; FECES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; NITRILES; PYRETHRINS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84928818404     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003560     Document Type: Article

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