introduction to vector and pest management

in second week we learn about the intro of vector and pest management. what is (IPM) , welcome and unwelcome pest, what is pest and what is vector??????

Integrated pest management.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management that relies on a combination of common-sense practices. IPM programs use current, comprehensive information on the life cycles of pests and their interaction with the environment. This information, in combination with available pest control methods, is used to manage pest damage by the most economical means, and with the least possible hazard to people, property, and the environment.

Welcome pest. 

•  Bees, flies and butterflies = carry pollen from plant to plant and help to pollinate flowers and crops.
•  Ladybirds = eat caterpillars and aphides (greenflies and black flies) that kill plants.
•  Moth = moth caterpillars make silk used to make clothes.
•  Dung beetles = beetles and flies clean up animal droppings and the rotting bodies of dead animals.
•  Honey bee = provide honey to eat and beeswax to polish furniture.

Unwelcome pest 

• Mosquitoes = spread diseases (e.g. malaria, dengue fever, JE, etc).
•  Bees, wasps and hornets = painful sting – dangerous to some people.
•  Termites and woodworms = damage furniture and buildings.
•  Colorado beetles = eat and ruin potato crops.
•  Locusts = gather in huge groups can eat all plants.
•  Cockroaches = infest food stores and spread germs.
•  Rodents = transmit diseases and destroy materials.

What is vector??

• Vector shall mean any insect or arthropod, rodent, or other animal which capable causing discomfort, injury, or capable of harboring or transmitting the causative agents of disease to humans or domestic animals.
• and the vector also call as are TAXI which vector is transportation to spread the disease to human.
• Examples of vector are such as, mosquitoes, cockroaches, flies, fleas and ticks are vectors of disease.

What is pest??

• Pests are living things, which can be troublesome or unwanted.
•  some pests also called “vectors” because they transmit diseases and cause public health concern.
•  Examples: rodent, cockroaches, mildew, algae, plant insects. Cockroaches, and house ants.

Vector vs pest

• A vector is an organism that carries a pathogen with it. An example would be malaria-carrying mosquitos.
•  Pests are in themselves the problem and usually refer to insects or animals that destroy crops.

Control method 

• Physical control - fly screens or trapping. » Cultural control - improving ventilation hygiene and sanitation.
• Biological control - parasites or predators to eradicate a particular pest.
• Chemical control - appropriate pesticide.