Integrated control of vector-borne diseases of livestock--pyrethroids: panacea or poison?
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.
Eisler
Mark C
MC
University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. m.eisler@vet.gla.ac.uk
Torr
Stephen J
SJ
Coleman
Paul G
PG
Machila
Noreen
N
Morton
John F
JF
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
D007306:Insecticides; D011722:Pyrethrins