ABSTRACT
The importance of integrating the controlled use of trypanocidal drugs with vector control methods was emphasised. The limitations to the effective use of these methods are more logistic than technical, in particular the shortage of skilled manpower to plan and conduct operations in the field. Tse-tse flies chemical control, in the past, often gave rise to considerable and sometimes irreversible damage in the ecosystems concerned. Known data on side-effects of Tse-tse control operations have been presented, summarized in a condensed form. Although the use of classical bicontrol agents, such as parasites, pathogens and predators, cannot currently be considered for Tse-tse control, there are some very promising new biotechnical methods. The role of computer modeling for population simulation was discussed and the need for software compatible with microcomputer equipment available to operational programs was emphasized.
