Tsetse sits down and dies

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2000
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en
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CTA. 2000. Tsetse sits down and dies. Spore 88. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Until recently, trypanosomiasis transmitted by the tsetse fly was the most widespread animal disease on the island of Zanzibar. Pesticides had had little effect. Then it was decided to release 8 million sterile male flies over a period of four...
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Until recently, trypanosomiasis transmitted by the tsetse fly was the most widespread animal disease on the island of Zanzibar. Pesticides had had little effect. Then it was decided to release 8 million sterile male flies over a period of four years, and this stopped the insects reproduction. Now, thanks to the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), not a single tsetse fly is reported on the island. - FAO
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NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENT;
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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