Pest Control Database - Cockroach

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Common or Oriental Cockroach (Blatta Orientalis)

The Common Cockroach are, as the name suggests, one of the most prevalent species in the UK. They are usually found in areas of high temperature such as kitchens and offices. Many pathogenic bacteria have been found to be carried by the Common Cockroach, including salmonella, gastro-enteritis, and the tapeworm. A major public health pest, responsible for economic loss in food production from tainted stock, and the contamination of equipment and medical supplies.

German Cockroach (Blattella Germanica)

The German Cockroach is the arguably the major cockroach species in Europe and North America. Highly versatile and cosmopolitan, it's small body size and breeding strategies make it a highly successful pest. Large institutions e.g. hospitals, hotels, and prisons are particularly at risk.

Significance

Cockroaches are potential vectors of diseases such as dysentery, gastroenteritis, typhoid and poliomyelitis. Their diet is omnivorous and includes fermenting substances, soiled septic dressings, hair, leather, parchment, wallpaper, faeces and food for human consumption. The latter may be contaminated either by the mechanical transfer of causative agents of disease from the insect’s body, or by transmission in the faeces.

An outbreak of food poisoning in a Brussels hospital subsided immediately an infestation of the German Cockroach was controlled.

Cockroaches and their faeces may cause allergic reactions especially amongst sensitive individuals eg. Asthmatics. Exposure may result from ingestion or through the inhalation of materials derived from cockroaches in airborne dust. In addition, food may be tainted with the characteristic smell of the cockroach, which is produced by faeces and salivary/abdominal gland secretions, or by the dead insects.

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