ESC PEST MANAGEMENT

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SUBJECT:  ESC PEST MANAGEMENT    

   
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    SUBJ: PEST MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO OPERATION DESERT SHIELD
    
    IU). THIS MESSAGE IN TWO PARTS. PART ONE IS  PART
    TWO IS UNCLASSIFIED. PASS TO DEPLOYING PEST MANAGEMENT SPECIALlSTS.
    PART ONE.
    1. PEST MANAGEMENT SPECIALISTS (AFSC 566X0) DEPLOYING WITH
    OPERATION DESERT SHIELD SHOULD PREPARE FOR INSECT AND RODENT PROSLEMS
    AS SPECIFIED IN PART TWO. DISEASE VECTOR ECOLOGY PROFILES (DVEP) FOR
    THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES ARE AVAILASLE AND CURRENT AND SHOULD SE
    STUDIED; SAUDI ARASIA, IRAQ, OMAN, EGYPT AND YEMEN.
    PART TWO.
    2. (U) ITEMS TO CONSIDER:
    A. (U) PRIMARY VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES: MALARIA, GASTRO-INTESTINAL,
    LEISllMANIASIS, AND SCHISTOSOMIASIS.
    S. (U) PRIMARY PESTS: SANDFLIES, HOUSEFLIES, MOSaUITOES, AND
    RODENTS.
    C. (U) CHEMICALS OF CHOICE:
    
                     FLYTEK6840-01-183-7244
                     DURSBAN (ULV)6840-06-203-6121
                     DURSBAN (EC)6840-01-122-2651
                     D-PHENOTHRIN6840-01-067-6674
                     DEET (NEW CREAM)  6840-01-284-3982
                     RODENTICIDE BAITS 6840-0J-151-4884
                     PERMANONE6840-01-278-1336
                     TEMPO 2EC6840-01-313-7359
    
    D. (U) RESISTANCE PROBLEMS: ADULT FLIES AND MOSQUITOES ARE
    REPORTEDLY RESISTANT TO MALATHION, BAYGON, AND DIAZINON.
    E. (U) PERSONAL PROTECTION: THE USE OF INSECT REPELLANTS (DEET AND
    PERMANONE) IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. NEW EXTENDED DURATION DEET IS
    AVAILABLE. PERMANONE AEROSOL IS TO RE LOCALLY PURCHASED. AVOID
    SETTING UP TENTS NEAR RODENT (INTERMEDIATE HOST LEISHMANIASIS
    TRANSMISSION) BURROWS. PERSONNEL ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DIRECT SKIN
    EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED WATER AS SCHISTOSOMIASIS IS ALSO PRESENT.
    WEARING THE UNIFORM, SLEEVES DOWN, PANT LEGS TUCKED INSIDE THE SOOT,
    WILL HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION.
    F. (U) EQUIPMENT: HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING PIECES OF
    EOUIPMENT: BACKPACK SPRAYER, COMPRESSED AIR SPRAYER WITH REPAIR
    KITS, FOG GENERATORS (ULV, BEECOMIST), AND RODENT TRAPS.
    G. (U) RETROGRADE: PLAN AHEAD FOR RETURN FOR AIRCRAFT AND
    EQUIPMENT TO THE US. TEMPO 2EC (CYFLUTHRIN) IS THE INSECTICIDE OF
    CHOICE.
    3. (U) POCS AT HO AFESC ARE [(b)(2)]