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A behavioural bioassay to identify attractive odours for Glossinidae
Author(s) -
SAINI R. K.,
DRANSFIELD R. D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1987.tb00360.x
Subject(s) - bioassay , biology , glossinidae , olfactometer , glossina morsitans , toxicology , zoology , ecology , host (biology)
. 1. A behavioural bioassay, based on antennal movement responses, was developed using Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood for screening chemical attractancy to tsetse. 2. Chemicals found to be attractive to male tsetse were acetone, formaldehyde, methylethylketone, methylvinylketone, l‐octen‐3‐olandpen‐tanal but not acetophenone, hexanal, lactic acid or urea. 3. Female tsetse responded to all these chemicals, more strongly than males for the first six attractants, less strongly than males for the other four chemicals. 4. These laboratory bioassay findings agree with field observations on tsetse responses to certain chemical odours. Therefore this behavioural bioassay should be a useful laboratory test procedure for screening attractants.