Personal Protection Against Biting Flies: The Relative Effectiveness of Topical Repellent and Repellent-Treated Overjackets, Collars and Wrist Bands.
Abstract
A small field trial was carried out to compare the effectiveness against biting flies of topical repellent, a lightweight repellent-treated overjacket and collars and wrist bands treated with four different repellents. The overjacket and topical repellent were equally effective against the local insect population while the collars and wrist bands were less effective. Of the four repellent compounds tested on the collars and wrist bands, only N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (deet) provided a significant degree of spatial repellency.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA004302
Entities
People
- J. M. Mcandless
Organizations
- Defence Research and Development Canada