Dual control of ticks and tsetse flies using deltamethrin through community participatory methods | Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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Published: Sep 21, 2004

Keywords:

Cattle trypanosomosis Uganda tick borne diseases

M. Ocaido

Department of Wildlife and Animal Resource Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda

C. P. Otim

Department of Wildlife and Animal Resource Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda

N. M. Okuna

Livestock Research Institute Tororo, P. O. Box 96, Tororo, Uganda

C. Ssekitto

Livestock Research Institute Tororo, P. O. Box 96, Tororo, Uganda

D. Kakaire

Livestock Research Institute Tororo, P. O. Box 96, Tororo, Uganda

J. Erume

Livestock Research Institute Tororo, P. O. Box 96, Tororo, Uganda

R. Z. O. Wafula

Department of Wildlife and Animal Resource Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda

J. Walubengo

Livestock Research Institute Tororo, P. O. Box 96, Tororo, Uganda

G. Musisi

Livestock Research Institute Tororo, P. O. Box 96, Tororo, Uganda

Okello Bwangamoi

Livestock Research Institute Tororo, P. O. Box 96, Tororo, Uganda

S. Okure

Extension workers, Office of District Veterinary Office, Soroti District, Uganda

W. Ebiaru

Extension workers, Office of District Veterinary Office, Soroti District, Uganda

G. Monrad

Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Department of Pathobiology, Drylaegevej 100, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark

Abstract

Transfer and adoption of the use of deltamethrin spray on cattle for controlling both tsetse flies and ticks hence controlling trypasonomiasis and tick-borne diseases was done among agropastoral communities in Serere County, Soroti district, Uganda.

How to Cite

Ocaido, M., P. Otim, C., M. Okuna , N., Ssekitto, C., Kakaire, D., Erume, J., Z. O. Wafula, R., Walubengo, J., Musisi, G., Bwangamoi, O., Okure, S., Ebiaru, W., & Monrad, G. (2004). Dual control of ticks and tsetse flies using deltamethrin through community participatory methods. Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 9(1), 672–679. Retrieved from http://journal.naro.go.ug/index.php/ujas/article/view/284

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2004)

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