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Preliminary survey of odours that attract the black fly, Simulium arcticum (Malloch) (IIS-10.11) (Diptera: Simuliidae) to its cattle hosts in the Athabasca region of Alberta

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

James F. Sutcliffe ,
Joseph A. Shemanchuk  and
Donald B. McKeown
James F. Sutcliffe
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ont., K9J 7B8
Joseph A. Shemanchuk
Affiliation:
Livestock Sciences Section, Agriculture Canada Research Station, Lethbridge, Alberta, TIJ 4B1
Donald B. McKeown
Affiliation:
Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., N2B 1N6
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Abstract

Results of a field survey of certain host-related and off-the-shelf compounds as possible attractants for the black fly, Simulium arcticum (Malloch) (IIS-10.11) (Diptera: Simuliidae), are reported. Silhouette traps were baited with carbon dioxide and candidate attractants in an incomplete randomised block design. Carbon dioxide alone exerted a strong attractant effect on this species. Both acetone and crude whole body odour of cattle (tested in combination with carbon dioxide) were significantly more attractive than carbon dioxide alone (control). Although bovine urine produced larger catches than control (carbon dioxide only) traps, the effect was not statistically significant. Other odours tested in combination with carbon dioxide, including fractions of the crude bovine odour and l-octen-3-ol (a potent tsetse fly attractant), were without apparent attractant effect when compared to the carbon dioxide-only control.

Résumé

Les résultats d'une étude préliminaire menée au champ de certains composés dérivés de l'hôte ou disponible commercialement comme appât possible de la mouche noire [Simulium arcticum (Malloch) (IIS-10.11) (Diptera: Simuliidae)] sont présentés. Des pièges à silhouette émettant du dioxide de carbon ont été ammorçés avec les appâts selon un dispositif expérimental en blocs incomplets. Le dioxide de carbon a exercé un puissant pouvoir attractif sur cette espèce lorsqu'employé seul. L'acetone ainsi que l'odeur corporelle brute du bétail ont accru de façon significative l'attirance des trappes amettant du dioxide de carbon. L'urine de bovine n'a eu aucun effet significatif quoiqu'elle a permis la capture d'un plus grand nombre d'insectes que les trappes témoins. D'autres odeurs testées, telles que diverses fractions de l'odeur brute de bovin et l'octénol (un puissant appât de la mouche tsétsé), se sont avérées sans aucun effet apparent pour ce cytotype de S. arcticum.

Keywords

black flybovine urineSimulium arcticumsilhouette trapsattractantsbody odourmouche noireurine de bovinSimulium arcticumpièges à silhouetteappâtsodeur corporelle
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Research Articles
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 15 , Issue 4-5 , October 1994 , pp. 487 - 494
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Copyright © ICIPE 1994

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