Insecticide and Repellent Mixture Pour-On Protects Cattle against Animal Trypanosomosis
- Gimonneau Geoffrey
- Alioum Yaya
- Abdoulmoumini Mamoudou
- Zoli Andre
- Cene Bylah
- Adakal Hassane
- Bouyer Jérémy
DOIAbstract
African animal trypanosomosis (AAT), transmitted by tsetse flies and tick-borne diseases are the main constraints to livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa. Vector control methods such as pour-on offer individual protection against ticks but not against tsetse so far, for which protection has always been communal, through a reduction of their density. The latter requires the treatment of a large part of the herd in a given landscape and is not instantaneous.<0.001), contrary to the control group.The protection of this new pour-on against tsetse bites and trypanosomosis is demonstrated here for the first time. Moreover, this insecticide and repellent mixture offer a longer persistence of the efficacy against both tsetse and ticks than si...
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