| Title: | "Field assessment of synthetic attractants and traps for the Old World screw-worm fly, Chrysomya bezziana" |
| Author(s): | Urech R; Green PE; Brown GW; Spradbery JP; Tozer RS; Mayer DG; Tack Kan Y; |
| Address: | "Agri-Science Queensland, Ecosciences Precinct, 41 Boggo Rd., Dutton Park, Qld 4102, Australia. rudure@iinet.net.au" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.03.046 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-2550 (Electronic) 0304-4017 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The performance of newly developed trapping systems for the Old World screw-worm fly, Chrysomya bezziana has been determined in field trials on cattle farms in Malaysia. The efficacy of non-sticky traps and new attractants to trap C. bezziana and non-target flies was compared with the standard sticky trap and Swormlure. The optimal trap was a modified LuciTrap((R)) with a new attractant mixture, Bezzilure-2. The LuciTrap/Bezzilure-2 caught on average 3.1 times more C. bezziana than the sticky trap with Swormlure (P<0.05) and provided selectivity for C. bezziana against Chrysomya megacephala and Chrysomya rufifacies with factors of 5.9 and 6.4, respectively. The LuciTrap also discriminates with factors of 90 and 3.6 against Hemipyrellia sp. and sarcophagid flesh flies respectively, compared to the sticky trap. The LuciTrap/Bezzilure-2 system is recommended for screwworm fly surveillance as it is more attractive and selective towards C. bezziana and provides flies of better quality for identification than the sticky trap" |
| Keywords: | Animals Cattle Cattle Diseases/parasitology/prevention & control Diptera/*drug effects/*physiology Insect Control/instrumentation/*methods Malaysia/epidemiology Myiasis/prevention & control Pheromones/chemical synthesis/*pharmacology; |
| Notes: | "MedlineUrech, R Green, P E Brown, G W Spradbery, J P Tozer, R S Mayer, D G Tack Kan, Y eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2012/05/12 Vet Parasitol. 2012 Jul 6; 187(3-4):486-90. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.03.046. Epub 2012 Mar 30" |
