Provided by Dr. Marion Fuller
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS)
Report Dated 06/25/98
Aerial bait treatment was postponed last night due to rain. Treatment will be made tonight at 10:00 pm, weather permitting. The media have been kept informed...
There are currently 3540 traps deployed: 3171 Jackson, 86 McPhail, and 283 yellow panel traps.
Environmental Monitoring: The following results are from drift monitoring samples collected during the second aerial bait treatment of 6/17-18.
Health Monitoring: Breakdown of calls received so far this week:
| 6/22 | 15 calls received by Manatee CHD w/ health concerns/complaints |
| 153 calls total to Manatee CHD since 6/1 w/ health concerns/complaints | |
| 6 calls total to Tampa PIC (Poison Information Center) | |
| 8 calls total to DOH/Tallahassee | |
| 167 grand total of calls reporting health complaints/concerns to DOH, MCHD, and PIC | |
| 6/23 | 8 calls received by Manatee CHD w/ health concerns/complaints |
| 0 to Tampa PIC and DOH/Tallahassee | |
| 6/24 | 2 calls as of 11:00 am received by Manatee CHD w/ health concerns/complaints |
| 0 to Tampa PIC and DOH/Tallahassee | |
| 6/25 | 0 calls to Manatee CHD, Tampa PIC and DOH/Tallahasee w/ health concerns/complaints |
| 164 total calls to Manatee CHD since June 1 w/ health concerns/complaints | |
| 6 calls total to Tampa PIC | |
| 8 calls total to DOH/Tallahasee | |
| 178 GRAND TOTAL calls w/ health complaints/concerns. |
At this time, of the 178 calls received, 8 have been lost to follow up and 17 do meet DOH criteria for case definition (that is, these calls are not considered to be a pesticide illness case - either there was no exposure, symptoms are inconsistent w/ case definition, etc.)
Sterile Release: We have been experiencing decreased quality in recent shipment of the steriles. We were unable to release flies anywhere on Monday, due to poor emergence rates. We are releasing flies now; however, the quality is still not where we'd like it to be. USDA has indicated that they believe there has been a change in diet, resulting in wing deformities, poor emergence rates, and lower vigor in the adults. They are continuing to work with the rearing facility in Guatemala to correct the problems. In addition to the lower emergence rate, the trapping density in Miami Springs has been low for the past several weeks, adding to the concern that the steriles are not surviving well after release. For this reason and those above, USDA has extended the release program there for another several weeks.
Environmental Monitoring: The following results are from samples collected 6/13 following the seventh and final aerial bait treatment:
| Enola | BDL |
| Umatilla | BDL |
| Gibson | 0.4 ppb |
| So Twin | BDL |
| East | BDL |
| Bay | 1.2 ppb |
| Yale | 0.5 ppb |
| Crescent | 0.1 - 0.3 ppb (between the MDL of 0.1 ppb and the PQL of 0.3 ppb) |
| Palm | 6.1 ppb |
| Geneva | 1.2 ppb |
Health Monitoring: No report
Note: FDACS has completed our environmental monitoring for Umatilla. USDA will continue to take limited environmental samples associated with the ground bait treatments, however those results will not be available until after the completion of those applications. Also, there have been no reports of adverse health effects to Lake CHD in several weeks. For these reasons, I'll be dropping Umatilla as a daily report - but will continue to report any significant events that may occur.
FDACS - Division of Plant Industy:
Mediterranean fruit fly information
USDA APHIS: Mediterranean fruit fly information
UF/IFAS Fact Sheet ENY-809:
The Mediterranean Fruit Fly
UF/IFAS Fact Sheet ENY-626:
Mediterranean Fruit Fly: What Floridians Need To Know