The Food of Tsetse-flies (Glossina swynnertoni and G. palpalis) as determined by the Precipitin Test

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1. The main food hosts of Glossina swynnertoni in a district of Tanganyika appear to be (a) one or more Bovids, perhaps kudu or roan, exhibiting a close blood relationship to ox or buffalo ; (b) giraffe ; (c) pig. There is evidence that monkey or baboon is also made use of and that zebra definitely is not.2. With regard to G. palpalis on Maboko Island, crocodile and hippopotamus are important hosts. But they are far less important than we had supposed. The majority of flies appear to have fed on some animal not yet determined.

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