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The enhanced suitability of hybrid goats over the indigenous East African goat as hosts for rearing Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Peter V. Warner ,
David Mung'ong'o ,
Omari S. Chalo ,
Harald H. Baumgartner  and
Darrell L. Williamson
Peter V. Warner
Affiliation:
4901 River Road, Oakdale, CA 95361, U.S.A.
David Mung'ong'o
Affiliation:
Tsetse Research Institute, Ministry of Livestock Development, P.O. Box 1026, Tanga, Tanzania
Omari S. Chalo
Affiliation:
Tsetse Research Institute, Ministry of Livestock Development, P.O. Box 1026, Tanga, Tanzania
Harald H. Baumgartner
Affiliation:
International Atomic Energy Agency, P.O. Box 200, A-1400, Vienna, Austria
Darrell L. Williamson
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Service, USDA, P.O. Box 2280, Honolulu, HI 96804, U.S.A.
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Abstract

The suitability of the East African goat and various types of hybrid goats to serve as hosts for tsetse was compared over an extended period. Although there was no significant difference between indigenous and hybrid goats when feeding up to 350 flies per host, about 94% more indigenous goats than hybrid goats became unsuitable as hosts and required a prolonged period of rest when the fly burden was increased to 450 flies per host. Of the hybrid types assessed, Toggenburg crosses were best suited as hosts even though they required more frequent rest periods than the other hybrid types.

Keywords

East African indigenous goathybrid goatrearing tsetsehosts for feedingGlossina morsitanshost suitability testfly-feeding burden
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Research Articles
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 5 , Issue 6 , December 1984 , pp. 505 - 508
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1984

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