Treating Cattle to Protect People? Impact of Footbath Insecticide Treatment on Tsetse Density in Chad

in southern Chad.) with a reduction of 80% in total tsetse catches by the end of the 6-month footbath treatment.The impact of footbath treatment as a vector control tool within an integrated strategy to manage AAT and HAT is discussed in the framework of the “One Health” concept. Like other techniques based on the treatment of cattle, this technology should be used under controlled conditions, in order to avoid the development of insecticide and acaricide resistance in tsetse and tick populations, respectively