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Effects of host odour on the behaviour of tsetse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

E. Bursell
E. Bursell
Affiliation:
Tsetse Research Laboratory, University of Bristol, School of Veterinary Science, Langford, Bristol BS18 7DU, England
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Abstract

Upwind flight has been elicited in tsetse, Glossina morsitans exposed to host odour and to active components of host odour (carbon dioxide, acetone and 1-octen-3-ol) in a wind tunnel. With the exception of octenol the odours also produce marked kinetic effects in G. morsitans, G. austeni, G. pallidipes and G. palpalis. Threshold concentrations for G. morsitans are in the region of 0.2% for ox odour, 0.01% for carbon dioxide and 400 μgl−1 for acetone.

Keywords

Tsetsehost odoursacetone1-octen-3-olcarbon dioxideflight behaviourkinetic effectsthresholds
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Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 5 , Special Issue 5: Tsetse Behaviour and Population Ecology , October 1984 , pp. 345 - 349
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Copyright © ICIPE 1984

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