Email: S.Torr@gre.ac.uk
Control of veterinary and medical insect pests. Thirty years experience in research, development and field application of technologies for controlling insect pests of veterinary and medical importance. Current interests include: use of insecticide-treated cattle to control tsetse, ticks and mosquitoes; development of artificial baits to control tsetse-transmitted sleeping sickness; use of decision support systems to guide interventions against vectors. Extensive overseas experience in Africa, including eight years on attachment to the Zimbabwe Department of Veterinary Services as a tsetse ecologist.