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Effect of defensive behaviour by cattle on the feeding success and nutritional state of the tsetse fly, Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

M. Baylis
M. Baylis*
Affiliation:
Tsetse Research Laboratory, University of Bristol, UK
*
Correspondence: Dr M. Baylis, Department of Arbovirology, Institute for Animal Health, Ash Road, Pirbright, Surrey, GU24 ONF, UK.
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Abstract

Two experiments were conducted at Galana Ranch, Kenya, which examined, under natural conditions, the relationships between the number of tsetse flies (Glossina pallidipes Austen) attracted to cattle, the rate at which the cattle made defensive movements, and the feeding success of the tsetse. The most frequent defensive movements were skin ripples and tail swishes, while leg kicks were of intermediate frequency, and head and ear movements were infrequent. In one experiment, the rate of skin ripples, but no other type of defensive movement, was significantly correlated with the number of tsetse attracted to the cattle. The proportion of tsetse that engorged was significantly (P < 0.004) correlated with the rate of leg kicks, more weakly with the rate of head movements (P < 0.07), and uncorrelated with the rates of other types of defensive movement. In the second experiment, the rates of skin ripples, tail swishes and leg kicks were significantly correlated with the number of tsetse attracted to the cattle. The proportion of tsetse that engorged was again significantly correlated to the rate of leg kicks (P < 0.03), more weakly to the rate of head movements (P < 0.04), and unrelated to the rates of other types of defensive movement. In neither experiment was there a significant relationship between the number of tsetse attracted to the cattle and the proportion that engorged, suggesting that any density-dependent feeding success was too weak to be detected. In experiment 1, the relative fat content of the male G. pallidipes that fed decreased as the rate of leg kicks increased, suggesting that when hosts are more active the sub-sample of tsetse that feed, out of those that approach, is both smaller and hungrier. There was no detectable effect of host defensive behaviour on the bloodmeal size of male G. pallidipes.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 86 , Issue 4 , August 1996 , pp. 329 - 336
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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