[Insecticide treatment (Pour on and Spot on) of cattle against Glossina fuscipes fuscipes in the Central African Republic].

Four herds of Mbororo Zebu cattle (approximately 40 head each) in traditional situation of the Fulani breeders were treated over a 12 month period. Flumethrin Pour on was first used every three weeks during the rainy season and then deltamethrin Spot on was used every six weeks during the dry season. Pour on treatments might affect the age structure and feeding patterns of the neighbouring populations of G fuscipes. However, the treatments had no impact on the apparent density of flies. They changed neither the prevalence of trypanosome infection rates in cattle nor the hematocrit levels. This trial shows that, under these experimental conditions, insecticide treatments were not effective for the control trypanosomosis in cattle. Further trials should be carried out to assess the usefulness of this method when it is integrated with the trapping of tsetse flies.