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Lethal effect of tetracycline on tsetse flies following damage to bacterioid symbionts

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High mortality was observed in tsetse flies, Glossina morsitans morsitans, that had had a single blood meal on rabbits which had previously been administered tetracycline complex salts. The death of the flies was apparently effected by the killing of the fly symbionts and the destruction of the mycetomes of the gut. It is suggested that tetracycline complex salts in the food or drink of livestock may be tried for the control of tsetse flies.

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  1. Department of Medical Entomology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    Y. Schlein

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Acknowledgment. I. am indebted to the following who have helped and/or supplied the drugs: Mrs H. Zak of the Ministry of Health, Israel: J. Jacobs, M. Pharm., Prof. A. E. gunders and Dr. E. Superstein, of the Hadassah Medical Organization; H. Swarz, M. D., and Mr. I. Berger, of the Pfizer Europe Co.

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Schlein, Y. Lethal effect of tetracycline on tsetse flies following damage to bacterioid symbionts. Experientia 33, 450–451 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922204

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