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Zebra skin odor repels the savannah tsetse fly, Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae).

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:African trypanosomosis, primarily transmitted by tsetse flies, remains a serious public health and economic challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Interventions employing natural repellents from non-preferred hosts of tsetse flies represent a promising management approach. Although zebras have been identified as non-preferred hosts of tsetse flies, the basis for this repellency is poorly understood. We hypothesized that zebra skin odors contribute to their avoidance by tsetse flies. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:We evaluated the effect of crude zebra skin odors on catches of wild savannah tsetse flies (Glossina pallidipes Austen, 1903) using unbaited Ngu traps compared to the traps baited with two known tsetse fly management chemicals; a repellent blend derived from waterbuck odor, WRC (comprising geranylacetone, guaiacol, pentanoic acid and δ-octalactone), and an attractant comprising cow urine and acetone, in a series of Latin square-designed experiments. Coupled gas chromatography-electroantennographic detection (GC/EAD) and GC-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analyses of zebra skin odors identified seven electrophysiologically-active components; 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, acetophenone, geranylacetone, heptanal, octanal, nonanal and decanal, which were tested in blends and singly for repellency to tsetse flies when combined with Ngu traps baited with cow urine and acetone in field trials. The crude zebra skin odors and a seven-component blend of the EAD-active components, formulated in their natural ratio of occurrence in zebra skin odor, significantly reduced catches of G. pallidipesby 66.7% and 48.9% respectively, and compared favorably with the repellency of WRC (58.1%- 59.2%). Repellency of the seven-component blend was attributed to the presence of the three ketones 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, acetophenone and geranylacetone, which when in a blend caused a 62.7% reduction in trap catch of G. pallidipes. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE:Our findings reveal fundamental insights into tsetse fly ecology and the allomonal effect of zebra skin odor, and potential integration of the three-component ketone blend into the management toolkit for tsetse and African trypanosomosis control.

journal_name

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

journal_title

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors

Olaide OY,Tchouassi DP,Yusuf AA,Pirk CWW,Masiga DK,Saini RK,Torto B

doi

10.1371/journal.pntd.0007460

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-06-10 00:00:00

pages

e0007460

issue

eissn

1935-2727

issn

1935-2735

pii

PNTD-D-18-01887

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Zebra skin odor repels the savannah tsetse fly, Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae).