EFFICACY TRIALS AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF FIVE FLEA TRAPS IN BAMAKO, MALI
| Autor: | MOHAMED TRAORE, AMY JUNNILA, EDITA REVAY, ALEXEY PROZOROV, AIDAS SALDAITIS, RABIATOU DIARRA, ROMAN YAKOVLEV, ASSITAN DIAKITE, GERGELY PETRANYI, GUNTER MULLER |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of the Florida Mosquito Control Association. 70 |
| ISSN: | 2638-6054 1055-355X |
| DOI: | 10.32473/jfmca.70.1.133837 |
| Popis: | Five off the shelf commercially available flea traps were tested for their efficacy against the cat/dog flea Ctenocephalides felis. Two traps were significantly better at catching fleas than the remaining three which performed very poorly. It is presumed that the unique combination of attractive features of the best performing Flea Catcher trap are what makes it so effective, including three large, intermittently illuminated light panels simulating host movement and additional synchronized lights in green wavelength pointed downwards to the flea catching base. Additionally, the Flea catcher has the largest surface area. Only two traps, the Flea Catcher and myFleaTrap were non-attractive to non-target insects, while the other traps caught large amounts of other insects quickly blocking the glue panels. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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