VPA 221: Veterinary Entomology and Acarology (1+1)

Effect on the host and control

EFFECTS ON THE HOST CONTROL

• They can suck blood in  large quantities and may kill the animal when attacking them in large numbers
• Known to be carriers of spirochaetosis
• Can transmit Anaplasma marginale

Control 

• Difficult- hide in sand and hence difficult to access
• Spraying walls of huts, houses and naimal buildings with residual insecticides
• Organophosphates, synthetic pyrethroids are likely to be effective
• Applied to animals directly or by providing them with dust baths containing insecticides