Tsetse sits down and dies
Until recently, trypanosomiasis transmitted by the tsetse fly was the most widespread animal disease on the island of Zanzibar. Pesticides had had little effect. Then it was decided to release 8 million sterile male flies over a period of four years, and this stopped the insects reproduction. Now, thanks to the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), not a single tsetse fly is reported on the island. - FAO
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
2000
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46860 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99590 |
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| Summary: | Until recently, trypanosomiasis transmitted by the tsetse fly was the most widespread animal disease on the island of Zanzibar. Pesticides had had little effect. Then it was decided to release 8 million sterile male flies over a period of four years, and this stopped the insects reproduction. Now, thanks to the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), not a single tsetse fly is reported on the island. - FAO |
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