title: Integrated control of vector-borne diseases of livestock--pyrethroids: panacea or poison?
abstract: Tick- and tsetse-borne diseases cost Africa approximately US$4-5 billion per year in livestock production-associated losses. The use of pyrethroid-treated cattle to control ticks and tsetse promises to be an increasingly important tool to counter this loss. However, uncontrolled use of this technology might lead to environmental damage, acaricide resistance in tick populations and a possible exacerbation of tick-borne diseases. Recent research to identify, quantify and to develop strategies to avoid these effects are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. m.eisler@vet.gla.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mark C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Eisler
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Torr
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: Noreen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Machila
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology*; D001096:Arachnid Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007306:Insecticides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000506:poisoning; D008954:Models, Biological; D011722:Pyrethrins / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000506:poisoning; D013983:Tick Control / Q000379:methods; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D013987:Ticks; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D014370:Tsetse Flies
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D011722:Pyrethrins