Abstract            Volume:11  Issue-9  Year-2023         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

The tsetse fly and the disease trypanosomosis it transmits, is one of the most severe medical and veterinary problems in Africa. Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) can be ranked among the world’s most destructive pests and are the vectors of the causative agents for sleeping sickness in humans and African Animal Trypanosomosis (AAT) or Nagana in livestock. The general distribution of tsetse flies is determined principally by climate and influenced by altitude, vegetation and the presence of suitable host animals. There are five tsetse fly species reported in Ethiopia, four of them are found along the main river basins of Oromia. The most efficient way to control the disease is by the management of entire populations of the vector (area wide approach) using a combination of several control methods in an integrated pest management campaign. A very powerful method for integration as a final eradication component is the sterile insect technique (SIT). The technique relies on the rearing of the target insect in large numbers in specialized production centers, the sterilization with ionizing radiation of one of the sexes and the sustained sequential release of the sterilized insects over the target area.

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