introduction of vector and pest control

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.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, house ants, termites.

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.

how to control?
>The term applied to activities design to identify, reduce or eliminate pest/vector populations in any given situation.
>Integrated Pest Management is a process involving common sense and sound solutions for treating and controlling pests.
>Three basic steps: 1) inspection, 2) identification and 3) treatment.
>Treatment options vary from sealing cracks and removing food and water sources to pesticide treatments when necessary.

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.