Pest Control

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Is an effective and environmentally sensitive approach to pest management that relies on a combination of common-sense practices

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Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Question 2

What is the difference between PC and IPC?

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Pest Control (PC) is the use of pesticides

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) steps or strategies to control pest population by means of combined control program

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HOW DO IPM PROGRAMS WORK?

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1. Set Action Thresholds
2. Monitor and identify pests
3. Prevention
4. Control

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Threshold means a point at which pest populations or environmental conditions indicate that pest control action must be taken

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Set Action Thresholds

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Identify what pests are present to the establishment

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Monitor and Identify Pest

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Then plan how to prevent from growing population

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Prevention

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Control

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think how to control

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Is a process wherein one eliminates or manages unwanted creatures like pest

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Pest Control

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IMPORTANCE PEST CONTROL

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1. Contamination
2. Legal requirement
3. Wastage and destruction
4. Reputation

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Four Types of Pest Control

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1. CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL
2. BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL
3. ELECTRONIC PEST CONTROL
4. PHYSICAL PEST CONTROL

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Involves the used chemical treatment

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Chemical Pest Control

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Involves the used of living organisms example you ingested pesticides on the plant and these , cat eating rodents

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Biological Pest Control

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Anything that you plug in examples: Electric mosquito killer, repellants, insect light traps

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Electronic Pest Control

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Uses natural barriers like nets, glue boards

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Physical Pest Control

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Classification of Pest

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1. HouseFly
2. Fruit Fly
3. Blow Flies and Flesh Flies
4. Cockroaches
5. Ants
6. Stored Grain Insect
7. Rodents

Question 16

one of the filthiest of pests and is found all over the world

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HouseFly

Question 17

these are seasonal, colored and smaller than housefly. They are most attracted to overripe and decaying fruit

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Fruit Fly

Question 18

• are large flies seen during warm summer months.
• Also known as Bottle flies

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Blow Flies and Flesh Flies

Question 19

– it is filthy and gives off a foul odor.
- It can contaminate unprotected food, utensils and other surfaces

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Cockroaches

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these are very common and annoying pests and are known to mechanically transmit diseases from excrement to food

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Ants

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• These includes flour beetle, rice weevil, granary weevil, Indian-meal moth
• They attack and destroy stored grains

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Stored Grain Insect

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it is mainly the rats and mice belonging to this group that trouble human kind

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Rodents

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Control Measures

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• Proper waste disposal which includes food decay, animal manure and garbage
• Garbage bins should be held in tightly covered
• Food covers
• Used of insects light traps
• Used of air curtains

Question 24

a non-toxic contraption that emits light to attract flying insects and electrocutes them in the metal grid

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Insect light traps (ILTs)

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- Are substances which have certain pharmacological effects on insects and rodents, ether as poisons or as repellants

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Pesticides

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Nature of Substances

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1. Inorganic Pesticide 2. Organic Pesticide 3. Synthetic Pesticide

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these are natural substances, for example sulphur dust, arsenic, hydrogen cyanide and Paris green

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Inorganic Pesticide

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these are mainly plant extracts

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Organic Pesticide

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these are manmade chemicals

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Synthetic Pesticide

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Their Effect on Pest

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1. Stomach Poison 2. Contact Poison 3. Residual Poison 4. Systemic Poison 5. Repellants 6. Fumigants

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this are applied to plants and ingested by insects while they feed on these plants

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Stomach Poison

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these are applied directly on pest

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Contact Poison

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these are applied to surfaces

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Residual Poison

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these are applied to plants and animals

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Systemic Poison

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these keeps insects and other pets away from a given area, due to the odor the emanate

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Repellants

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these poisons are inhaled by pests and cause death

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Fumigants

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Method of Applications

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1. Spray 2. Chalk 3. Meals 4. Vapours 5. Aerosols

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Precautions while Handling Pesticides

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1. Use resistant gloves 2. Wash hands thoroughly after use 3. Never use sprays when food is openly displayed 4. Storage of insecticides away from food articles 5. Knowledgeable enough what type of pesticides are being used

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- A strategy using organic or plant based materials of natural origin - Is a proactive mode of controlling pests unlike conventional pest control that focuses on use of pesticides

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Green Pest Management

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prevents insects and dust from entering food establishments by sweeping air down over door openings

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Air Curtains

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an approach to keep pests out of catering establishments by removing food and shelter or making facility pest resistant

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Basic Environment Sanitation

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economical, effective and safe pest management which includes several methods together to control pests

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Integrated Pest Management (IPM)