Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research
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Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET), Libreville, Gabon

Biography

Dr. Koumba Aubin Armel is a Research Associate at Tropical Ecology Research Institute, Sengal. Gabon has done M.Sc. in Natural Sciences from University Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal trained in the research, application, assessment, and implementation of the theory and practice of biological control.

Publications

• Research   
  Efficacy of Modified Vavoua and Nzi Traps in the Capture of Stable Flies: A Preliminary Field Trial in Cameroon
  Author(s): Sevidzem Silas Lendzele*, Zinga Koumba Christophe Roland, Koumba Aubin Armel, Mintsa Nguema Rodrigue, Mamoudou Abdoulmoumini, Acapovi-Yao Genevieve Lydie and M’batchi Bertrand
  
  There is need for a simple, cheap and efficient collection and control tool for the different stable fly-species in hyperinfested foci. The efficacy of a modified unbaited Vavoua trap (MVT) was compared with an unbaited Nzi as a standard. Each trap type was set either inside or outside the cattle overnight pen with rotation taking place after four days for eight days in September 2018 in Ngaoundere. Fly collection was made every 24 hours and sorted using standard identification keys. In total, 2105 hematophagous flies were caught and constituted of 1417 S. niger niger (89 S.n/t/d), 124 S. calcitrans (8 S.c/t/d), 562 Musca spp. (25 m/t/d) and 2 Chrysops distinctipennis (0.1 Cd/t/d). The overall mean catches with the MVT (50.96 ± 57.16) was higher than with the Nzi (27.43 ± 27.73), with no statistically significant difference (t=0.9, df=46. 0, P=0.37). Higher mean catches .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0983.20.9.230

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