البرنامج المتكامل لاستئصال ذبابة الدودة الحلزونية للعام القديم من الشرق الأوسط

Abstract EN

The Old World Screwworm fly (OWS) is one of the most destructive insect pests of livestock, humans and wildlife.

It was recognized by World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) as a notifiable disease.

The outbreak of OWS in Iraq in the late 1996 led to a joint regional/international meeting under the umbrella of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) to demonstrate the feasibility of eradicating OWS from the gulf region by using the sterile insect technique (SIT) as an agent of the Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management (AW-IPM) campaign.

The programme approved by AOAD, FAO and IAEA included identification of different stages of OWS, Chrysomya bezziana, increasing the awareness of the animal breeder against the danger of this pest, the possibility of rearing this pest in the laboratory for carrying different studies such as the effect of gamma rays on different insect stages, induced sterility, competitiveness,..

etc.

Furthermore, the programme included genetic diversity studies on the OWS, Chrysomya bezziana strain which was found in different Arab Gulf countries to demonstrated if this diversity has any effect on using SIT to eradicate this pest from the gulf region.

Finally the programme demonstrated the economic feasibility of using SIT for eradicating this pest from the gulf countries.