Email: S.Torr@gre.ac.uk
Control of veterinary and medical insect pests. Over 25 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; improved methods for controlling and monitoring midges and the development of artificial baits to control tsetse-transmitted sleeping sickness. Extensive overseas experience in Africa, including eight years on attachment to the Zimbabwe Department of Veterinary Services as a tsetse ecologist.