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Identification of components of cattle urine attractive to tsetse flies, Glossina spp. (Diptera: Glossinidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

E. Bursell ,
A. J. E. Gough ,
P. S. Beevor ,
A. Cork ,
D. R. Hall  and
G. A. Vale
E. Bursell
Affiliation:
Tsetse Research Laboratory, University of Bristol, School of Veterinary Science, Langford, Bristol, BS18 7DU, UK
A. J. E. Gough
Affiliation:
Tsetse Research Laboratory, University of Bristol, School of Veterinary Science, Langford, Bristol, BS18 7DU, UK
P. S. Beevor
Affiliation:
Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, 56-62 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8LU, UK
A. Cork
Affiliation:
Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, 56-62 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8LU, UK
D. R. Hall
Affiliation:
Overseas Development Natural Resources Institute, 56-62 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8LU, UK
G. A. Vale
Affiliation:
Tsetse & Trypanosomiasis Control Branch, Department of Veterinary Services, P.O. Box 8283, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Abstract

The attractiveness of cattle urine to Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood and G. pallidipes Austen was shown to be entirely attributable to the phenolic components which it contains. Four of the eight naturally occurring phenol derivatives (3- and 4-methylphenol, 3-ethylphenol and 3-n-propylphenol) were electroantennographically active, induced upwind flight in wind-tunnel bioassays and increased trap catches in field tests in Zimbabwe. One of the minor components, 2-methoxyphenol, had little antennographic activity but induced upwind flight in the wind-tunnel and appeared to be repellent in field tests.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 78 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 281 - 291
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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