Animal trypanosomiasis, transmitted by Glossina fuscipes fuscipes, is the principal constraint to livestock development in the Central African Republic. In this country, 2.6 million trypanosomiasis-susceptible Mbororo Zebus are dependent on chemotherapy. The National Agency for Livestock Development (ANDE) has launched a control strategy whereby traps, to be managed by the Mbororo livestock owners themselves, are set at watering places as a means to suppress the vector. The traps are made of blue and black plastic, colours which attract the fly, and contain an impregnated catching device which kills and preserves the tsetse. The trap is more efficient than others tested and the first trials carried out have confirmed the effectiveness of such strategic trapping.
