Tuberculosis – between a Brock¹ and a hard place
In August, a 6 week cull of 5,000 badgers started in the UK counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset, with the aim of helping to bring bovine tuberculosis (bTB) under control. Badgers in the UK, contrary to other European countries, are a protected species and considered by many as a valued creature of the UK countryside; […]
Scorpions revisited
Scorpions are arachnids, being closely related to ticks, spiders and mites. They are one of the most easily recognised arthropods, with their conspicuous pair of pedipalps each bearing a pair of large claws, and the long recurved tail-like post-abdomen, terminating in a sting. Scorpion stings are widely feared and understandably so. Some countries report over […]
Bacillus and hookworm: A billion could benefit
Hookworms, and other intestinal parasites known as helminths infect more than 1 billion people in poverty-stricken, tropical nations, sucking the vitality from the body, and leaving hundreds of millions of children physically and mentally stunted. Current drugs are insufficiently effective, and resistance is rising, but little effort has been made to develop better drugs because […]
Exosect appoints Pest Trader, distributor for public health products in Europe
Exosect Limited announced 2nd September 2013 that they have reached an agreement with Pest Trader, the trading division of Xenex Associates Ltd, for the expanded distribution of their pheromone based ‘autoconfusion’ mating disruptants, Exosex SPTab (for the control of stored product moths in food production) and CLTab (for clothes moth). The distribution agreement is for […]
Eurofins continues Asia Pacific build-up
Eurofins Scientific, the global food, environment and pharmaceutical product testing service company, announced the acquisition of an 81% majority stake in Agrisearch Services and its wholly owned subsidiaries Agrisearch Analytical and Agrivet Services. Agrisearch is the leading private contract agricultural and biological research organisation in Australia and New Zealand. Founded in 1970, Agrisearch Services generated […]
International pest news in brief – September/October 2013 issue
UK: UAV spotted over Shropshire A flight demonstration of several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has taken place at Shropshire’s Harper Adams University. UAVs, which can be remote controlled or can fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans, collect large amounts of imagery data and video in a short period of time which has the potential […]
International Pest Control – September/October 2013 – Vol.55, Nr.5
Whichever your pest interest, we have a diverse and broad range of subjects in this issue. Scorpions are not often covered in pest control papers and whilst not a global pest you may encounter these if you travel abroad. Our Technical Consultant Clive Boase provides an insight. In agriculture, rusts diseases make a very significant […]
Advances in flying insect control improve food safety
The European horse meat scandal dominated food safety headlines in 2013. How the supply chain became contaminated is still a topic for debate and the controversy will no doubt rage on in boardrooms around the world. In the wider context of legislation, the Food Safety Modernisation Act introduced by the FDA in 2011 is impacting […]
