MANAGEMENT OF INSECT IAS
A classical case on the timely management of
insect IAS was witnessed in Thailand in May
2003 in Bangkok when over 500 nymphs and
adults of the Madagascar hissing cockroach,
Gromphadorhina sp., were confiscated from a
pet shop, the shopkeeper fined, and the
cockroaches incinerated by virtue of the
announcement of the Ministry of Public Health.
The cockroach was smuggled into the country,
reared and sold as "pet" animals. It was
believed to be an insect vector and an
intermediate host of several medical and public
health pathogenic agents.