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Trap shape affects efficacy of sticky traps for New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae).
| Τίτλος: | Trap shape affects efficacy of sticky traps for New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae). |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Hickner PV; USDA ARS, Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, Kerrville, TX, USA., Phillips PL; USDA-APHIS-ERCS, Screwworm Emergency Response Program, Beltsville, MD, USA., Cerdas EI; The National Animal Health Service (SENASA), The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, San José, Costa Rica., Pacheco L; USDA-APHIS-IS, Screwworm Program, Pacora, Panama., Sanchez Ortiz C; Panama-USA Program for the Eradication & Control of Screwworm (COPEG), Pacora, Panama., Saelao P; USDA ARS, Veterinary Pest Genetics Research Unit, Kerrville, TX, USA., Welch JB; USDA APHIS (retired) ARS, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Station, College Station, TX, USA. |
| Πηγή: | Journal of economic entomology [J Econ Entomol] 2026 Jun 01; Vol. 119 (3), pp. 2402-2406. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 2985127R Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1938-291X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00220493 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Econ Entomol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2015- : Oxford : Oxford University Press Original Publication: College Park Md : Entomological Society of America |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Calliphoridae*/physiology , Insect Control*/instrumentation , Insect Control*/methods, Screw Worm Infection/prevention & control ; Animals |
| Περίληψη: | New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), is an obligate parasite of warm-blooded animals and a serious threat to livestock, wild animals, and humans. The sterile insect technique (SIT) was used to eradicate screwworm from North and Central America during the mid-1900s to the early-2000s. Traps are an important tool for screwworm control programs, where they are used for surveillance, evaluation of production strains, and to estimate the ratio of wild to sterile flies following aerial and ground releases. Here, we tested two trap designs for capturing New World screwworm. The vertical sticky trap, the trap currently used, is a triangle-shaped trap with 1,710 cm2 surface area coated with insect adhesive. The cylinder sticky trap is a cylinder-shaped trap with 1,700 cm2 surface area coated with the same insect adhesive. Both traps were baited with swormlure-4 as an attractant. We used a release-recapture study with a randomized block design to test the efficacy of the two trap designs. The cylinder sticky trap captured significantly more C. hominivorax than the vertical sticky trap, likely due to an increase in the ability of the flies to land on the surface of the cylinder-shaped trap. (© The Author(s) 2026. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America.) |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: eradication; release-recapture; sterile insect technique; swormlure |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260225 Date Completed: 20260616 Latest Revision: 20260726 |
| Update Code: | 20260726 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13268542 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jee/toag026 |
| PMID: | 41738668 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1938-291X |
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| DOI: | 10.1093/jee/toag026 |