Large-Scale Aerial Treatment of an Endemic Area with Abate® Granular Larvicide to Control Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) and Suppress Leucocytozoon Smithi of Turkeys1

Autor:	Glen I. Garris, J. B. Kissam, Raymond Noblet
Rok vydání:	1975
Předmět:	South carolina Veterinary medicine Larva General Veterinary biology fungi Endemic area Parasitemia biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Insect Science Leucocytozoon smithi medicine Parasitology Simulium Black fly Larvicide
Zdroj:	Journal of Medical Entomology. 12:359-362
ISSN:	1938-2928 0022-2585
DOI:	10.1093/jmedent/12.3.359
Popis:	A large-scale aerial treatment program utilizing 2% Abate® (0,0,0′,0′-tetramethyl 0,0′-Thiodi-p-phenylene phosphorothioate) Celatom granules for the control of larval Simulium was conducted. An area 16.1 km in diam. near Pageland, South Carolina which contained several commercial breeder turkey farms was used for the study. Seven treatments beginning in March and ending in August 1972 were applied to infested streams in the area at monthly intervals by slow-flying helicopters at the rate of 91 g AI/0.4 ha. Adult and larval black fly populations in the treatment zone were reduced substantially from levels of the previous year. There was also a sharp decrease in the level of blood parasitemia of Leucocytozoon smithi (Laveran & Lucet, 1905) in sentinel turkeys during the same period. The effectiveness of the treatment program was demonstrated and the cost (Ca $10,000) should be economically feasible for a large-scale turkey breeder operation.
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