Sheep blowfly research. V. Carcasses as sources of blowflies

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dc.contributor.author Hepburn, G.A.
dc.contributor.editor Du Toit, P.J.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-03-07T09:43:51Z
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dc.date.created 2017
dc.date.issued 1943
dc.description The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract 1. The object of the investigation was to determine what species of flies bred in carcasses exposed under field conditions. 2. The technique of exposing sheep carcasses in specially constructed troughs and the collection of migrating larvae and the trapping of emerging flies are described. 3. Fly populations from small animal carcasses were bred at various times of the year. 4. The phenomenon of succession and competition of the inhabitants of carrion was demonstrated. 5. Lucilia cuprina, Lucilia sericata and Chrysomyia chloropyga mainly constituted the populations of flies bred during the cool time of the year, while Chrysomyia marginalis and Chrysomyia albiceps constituted the populations during mid-summer. 6. When Ch. marginalis is abundant it is attracted to carcasses in the first stage of decomposition. L. cuprina and L. sericata are usually the first visitors to fresh carcasses followed almost immediately by Ch. marginalis. 7. Certain suggestions are made for the treatment of carcasses as a means of controlling blowflies. en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Hepburn, GA 1943, 'Sheep blowfly research. V. Carcasses as sources of blowflies’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 18, nos. 1 & 2, pp. 59-72. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0330-2465
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59304
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Pretoria : The Government Printer en_ZA
dc.rights © 1943 ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © 2017 University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital). en_ZA
dc.subject Veterinary medicine en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.title Sheep blowfly research. V. Carcasses as sources of blowflies en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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