Effect on herd health and productivity of controlling tsetse and trypanosomosis by applying deltamethrin to cattle
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- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Tropical Animal Health and Production
- Vol. 25 (4) , 203-214
Abstract
A large cattle ranch was established in 1954 in a heavily tsetse infested part of north-east Tanzania. Trypanosomosis was controlled for 30 years by prophylactic drugs but in 1988 drug resistance seemed to be developing as cases of trypanosomosis were being confirmed 4 or 5 weeks after treatment with isometamidium chloride (Samorin). Herd health had deteriorated and productivity was uneconomically low. In order to control the tsetse population the 8,000 cattle, grazing over 250 km2, were regularly dipped in the synthetic pyrethroid deltamethrin (Decatix Cattle Dip and Spray formulation). Within a year the tsetse population, as monitored by traps, had decreased by more than 90%. Disease mortality decreased by 66% and a range of productivity measures such as calving percentages and weaning weights were raised to levels above those prevailing before the decline in herd health. Une grande exploitation pour bovins a été fondée en 1954 dans une region du nord-est de la Tanzanie, hautement infestée par les glossines. Pendant 30 ans la trypanosomose a été controllée a l'aide de drogues prophylactiques mais en 1988 la resistance à ces drogues semble s'être developper car des cas de typanosomose ont été confirmés quatre au cinq semaines après traitement au chloride d'isometamidium (Samorin). L'état sanitaire du troupeau s'est deterioré et la productivité n'etait plus economiquement rentable. Afin de controler la population de glossines, les huit milles de bovins pâturant sur plus de 250 km2, ont été régulièrement immergés dans des bains de deltamethrine, pyrethroide de synthèse (Decatix cattle dip et spray formulation). En un an, la population de glossines, evaluée par piégeage a diminuée de plus de 90%. La mortalité due à la maladie a dimunuée de plus de 66% et plusieurs paramètres de productivité, tel que le pourcentage de mise bas et le gain de poids ont atteint des niveaux superieurs a ceux enregistrés avant la degradation de l'état sanitaire du troupeau. Un hato grande de ganado fue establecido en 1954 en un area densamente infestada del noreste de Tanzania. Tripanosomiasis fue controlada por 30 anõs usando drogas profilacticas, pero en 1988 resistencia al fármaco pareció desarrollarse ya que casos de tripanosomiasis fueron confirmados 4 o 5 semanas después del tratamiento con isometamidium chloride (Samorin). La salud del hato se habia deteriorado y la productividad era economicamente baja. Para controlar la población de tse tse, las ocho mil cabezas de ganado pastoreando sobre 250 km2 fueron regularmente bañados con el pyrethroid deltamethrin sintético (Decatix para inmersion de bovinos y formulacion para aspersion). Dentro de un anõ la población de tse tse, monitoreada a través de trampas, habia disminuído mas del 90%. La mortalidad decrecio cerca de 66% y un rango de medidas de productividad tales como porcentajes de paricion y pesos al destete fueron incrementatdos a niveles arriba de aquellos que prevalecieron antes de la disminucion en la salud del hato.Keywords
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