| protective netting, an additional method for the integrated control of livestock trypanosomosis in kwazulu-natal province, south africa. | studies were conducted in kwazulu-natal, south africa, to evaluate the effectiveness of netting in preventing glossina austeni and glossina brevipalpis from entering h-traps. results indicated that a net of 1.5 m in height was effective in reducing catches of g. austeni by 59.6% and catches of g. brevipalpis by 80.9%. increasing the net height to 2.5 m, reduced catches by 96.6% and 100% for g. brevipalpis and g. austeni, respectively. nets of this height also reduced catches of horse flies by 55 ... | 2006 | 17283734 |
| prevalence of mixed trypanosoma congolense infections in livestock and tsetse in kwazulu-natal, south africa. | trypanosoma congolense causes the most economically important animal trypanosomosis in africa. in south africa, a rinderpest pandemic of the 1890s removed many host animals, resulting in the near-eradication of most tsetse species. further suppression was achieved through spraying with dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (ddt); however, residual populations of glossina austeni and g. brevipalpis remained in isolated pockets. a total of 506 of these tsetse flies were captured in the hluhluwe-imfolozi ... | 2010 | 21526736 |
| evaluation and improvement of sticky traps as monitoring tools for glossina austeni and g. brevipalpis (diptera: glossinidae) in north-eastern kwazulu-natal, south africa. | the attractiveness of various colours, colour combinations and sizes of sticky traps of the 3-dimensional trap (3dt), cross-shaped target (xt), rectangular screen (rt) and monopanels were evaluated for their efficacy to capture glossina austeni newstead and g. brevipalpis newstead in north-eastern kwazulu-natal, south africa. the 3-dimensional shapes of the xt and 3dt in light blue (l.blue) and white were significantly (ca. 3.1-6.9 times) better than the rt for g. austeni. on bicoloured xts, g. ... | 2007 | 17997867 |
| abundance and distribution of the tsetse flies, glossina austeni and g. brevipalpis, in different habitats in south africa. | the distribution and abundance of glossina austeni newstead and glossina brevipalpis newstead (diptera: glossinidae) were studied in the three main vegetation types in zululand, kwazulu-natal, south africa. during a period of 12 months, a trap transect consisting of 38 h-traps traversing the three vegetation types was monitored. the index of apparent abundance (iaa) for g. brevipalpis was high in indigenous forest and open grassland but lower in exotic plantations. glossina austeni, on the other ... | 2005 | 16336301 |
| diurnal activity patterns of glossina brevipalpis and g austeni (diptera: glossinidae) in south africa, with reference to season and meteorological factors. | studies on the diurnal and seasonal availability of glossina brevipalpis newstead and g. austeni newstead to stationary targets were conducted in north-eastern kwazulu-natal, south africa. g. brevipalpis showed a bimodal, and occasionally trimodal, partly crepuscular cycle. periods of the availability of flies to stationary, odour-baited targets (here referred to as diurnal "activity" patterns) were mainly early in the morning and late afternoon until dark, especially at dawn and dusk. the main ... | 2000 | 11131119 |