Attractive power of M-Cresol l-Octen-3-01 in a practical device for Glossina tachinoides in Burkina Faso

Abstract

Preliminary field trials have proved that some phenolic compounds derived from cattle urine are attractive to Glossina tachinoides Westwood, 1850. Further experiments were carried out involving the combination of such compounds and of other products. M-Cresol l-Octen-3-01, in a 3/1 ratio, tested in a long lasting polythen dispenser with 4 ml of products, was attractive during a long period: captures of Glossina tachinoides with a biconical trap increased by 2.5 times for at least 10 weeks. Its use can thus be considered in a control campaign against a tsetse fly of the palpalis group. The cost of this dispenser was 230 FCFA by June 1988. Differences with other research team results are discussed. The impossibility of using pure urine as an attractant in Burkina is emphasized.