Mastrangelo Thiago, Welch John B
Universidade de São Paulo / Avenida Centenário 303, 13400-970, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Screwworm Eradication Program / 9100 Panama Place, Washington, D.C. 20521, USA.
Insects. 2012 Oct 12;3(4):930-55. doi: 10.3390/insects3040930.
The New World Screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), is one of the most damaging parasites of livestock, causing millions of dollars in annual losses to producers. The fly is an obligate parasite of warm-blooded animals, including humans. After a successful 50-year eradication campaign, C. hominivorax has been eradicated from the USA, Mexico and Central America by an area-wide integrated pest management approach. Recently, Caribbean and South American countries have expressed an interest in this approach. Aiming to support forthcoming projects in these countries, this review describes the main technical components of past and ongoing AW-IPM campaigns against C. hominivorax.
新大陆螺旋蝇,嗜人锥蝇(Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel)),是对家畜危害最大的寄生虫之一,每年给养殖户造成数百万美元的损失。这种苍蝇是包括人类在内的温血动物的专性寄生虫。经过50年的成功根除行动,通过区域综合虫害管理方法,嗜人锥蝇已在美国、墨西哥和中美洲被根除。最近,加勒比和南美国家对这种方法表示出兴趣。为了支持这些国家即将开展的项目,本综述描述了过去和正在进行的针对嗜人锥蝇的区域综合虫害管理行动的主要技术组成部分。