tsetse fly control

specialist products to control tsetse flies by trapping or by treating animals.

Tsetse flies, genus Glossina occur only in tropical Africa south of the Sahara. They are blood sucking and the vector spreading trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness” which is fatal in humans and animals if untreated.

Female flies lay single larvae deposited to mature in damp places, emerging 20 to 60 days later. Flies tend to rest in forested areas often near to water. They feed on blood preferably on animals and only accidentally on humans. Flies are attracted by large moving objects, blue/black colours and by carbon dioxide emissions from groups of cattle or humans.

Traps and screens are the preferred methods of control. For the treatment or impregnation of trapping nets for Tsetse flies we supply Deltamethrin 20 SC a concentrated product for local dilution which contains added Ultra Violet light absorber to protect the insecticide molecule and prolong its residual killing effect.

The other important method of control is to treat animals regularly with a pyrethroid insecticide. Hockley International provides a range of products suitable for application by dipping, spraying or pour-on methods based on the highly active pyrethroids

Alphacypermethrin, Cypermethrin or Deltamethrin.

additional information

Products can be manufactured and offered as various different formulation types and combination products containing two or more active ingredients can be manufactured to specific requirements.

These formulations can be applied by dusting, spraying, dipping, and via pour-on techniques.

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