OLFACTOMETRY BIOASSAY STUDIES ON BEHAVIOUR OF  HOUSE FLIES TOWARDS DIFFERENT FOOD BAITS IN VITRO

S.T. Bino Sundar; T.J. Harikrishnan; Bhaskaran Ravi Latha; T.M.A. Senthil Kumar; G. Sarath Chandra; A. Serma Saravana Pandian; C. Pandian; K. Ambasankar

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v53i5.162163

Authors

S.T. Bino Sundar Associate Professor and Head, Dep. of Veterinary Parasitology, VCRI, Theni
T.J. Harikrishnan Professor and Head (Redt.), Central University Laboratory, TANUVAS
Bhaskaran Ravi Latha Professor and Head, Dept. of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
T.M.A. Senthil Kumar Professor and Head, Zoonoses Research Laboratory, Centre for Animal Health Studies, TANUVAS, Chennai.
G. Sarath Chandra Professor and Head (Redt.), Pharmacovigilance Laboratory for Animal Feed and Food Safety (PLAFFS), TANUVAS.
A. Serma Saravana Pandian Professor and Head, Department of Animal Husbandry Economics, VCRI, Namakkal
C. Pandian Associate Professor and Head, Veterinary University Training and Research Centre, Sathuvachari, Vellore
K. Ambasankar Scientist, Central Institute of Brackish water Aquaculture, Chennai

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v53i5.162163

Keywords:

housefly, olfactometry, food baits

Abstract

Food bait preferences of house flies were evaluated using olfactometry bioassays. A single cage dual port glass olfactometer was used to assess preferences of house flies towards sugar, fish meal and molasses in no choice and choice bioassays. Flies were allowed into olfactometer individually, observed for five minutes. Time spent in bait port and decision chamber, number of entries into test/control port and port selected five minutes post-exposure were recorded. In the second study in a four arm acrylic olfactometer, three food baits viz., high fish meal low molasses cake, low fish meal high molasses cake and mango essence were tested In the glass olfactometer, flies showed positive response towards food baits compared to control in no choice bioassay. In choice bioassay, flies preferred fish meal than both sugar and molasses and molasses was preferred over sugar. In four arm acrylic olfactometer bioassay, 43.87, 30.96 and 25.16 per cent flies were attracted to high fish meal low molasses cake, low fish meal high molasses cake and mango essence, respectively. Results revealed that molasses and fish meal based baits can be used in housefly traps. Olfactometry bioassays were found effective in bait preference studies of house flies.

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