Programme Against African Trypanosomosis (PAAT)

Training manuals

2009

Area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) entails the integration of different control tactics against an entire pest population within a circumscribed area, while given adequate attention to human health and the environment. For most insect pests including tsetse, AW-IPM results in more sustainable pest control and the concept has gained significantly in importance in the last decade.

1998

The new edition of the well-known field guide on African animal trypanosomiasis adheres as much as possible to the original style and, particularly, to the intention of the author of the first edition in that it is essentially meant to be a guide for field control personnel.

1993

This volume is the fifth in the FAO series of Training Manuals for Tsetse Control Personnel, published in English anf French. This volumen if the fifth in the FAO series of Training Manuals for Tsetse Control Personnel, published in English anf French. This manual will bring the reader up to date on the development of insecticides and formulations for effective and economical use against tsetse.

1992

This volume is the fourth in the F AO series of Training Manuals for Tsetse Control Personnel, published in English and French. Recent technological advances in the field of tsetse control, stimulated to some extent by increasing awareness of the need for environmental conservation, have resulted in a dramatic shift from the previous reliance on bush clearing.

1986

There.are many different ways of attacking tsetse flies. The more important of these methods are described in detail in other chapters of this volume. The commonest method used in the past was to cut down the 'WOOdy vegetation which provides the shade and resting places necessary for the fly.

1982

There are many different ways of attacking tsetse flies. The more important of these methods are described in detail in other chapters of this volume. The commonest method used in the past was to cut dawn the ilvO()(ly vegetation which provides the shade and resting places necessary for the fly.

1982

This 2nd volume of a training manual for pesonnel engaged in the control of Glossina [see preceding abstract, etc.] contains sections on the ecology and behaviour of tsetse, and on the ecology of the group of G. morsitans Westw., the group of G. palpalis (R.-D.) and the group of G. fusca (Wlk.).

1982

This Manual is intended to be of use mainly in the training of people concerned with the practical side of tsetse control.Tsetse flies are important because of their ability to spread diseases among man and among domestic animals.