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The relative attractiveness of cattle, sheep and goats to Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood and G. pallidipes Austen (Diptera: Glossinidae) in the Zambesi Valley of Rhodesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. D. Pilson ,
W. P. Boyt  and
P. K. I. MacKenzie
R. D. Pilson
Affiliation:
Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control Branch, Department of Veterinary Services, P.O. Box 8283, Causeway, Rhodesia
W. P. Boyt
Affiliation:
Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control Branch, Department of Veterinary Services, P.O. Box 8283, Causeway, Rhodesia
P. K. I. MacKenzie
Affiliation:
Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Control Branch, Department of Veterinary Services, P.O. Box 8283, Causeway, Rhodesia
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Abstract

A series of investigations was conducted to evaluate the comparative attractiveness of cattle, sheep and goats to Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. and G. pallidipes Aust. in the Zambesi Valley, Rhodesia. It was shown that cattle are subjected to in excess of three times the challenge by male G. m. morsitans than either sheep or goats. Due to the repellent effect of man's presence on the attraction and feeding of female G. m. morsitansand both male and female G. pallidipes on the bait animals, no rational relationship could be postulated for them. Possible factors accounting for the difference of attractiveness between the three bait species are discussed.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , September 1978 , pp. 489 - 495
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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