Feeding habits and flight-range of blow-flies (Chrysomyia spp.) in relation to anthrax transmission in the Kruger National Park, South Afnca

dc.contributor.authorDe Vos, Valerius
dc.contributor.editorVerwoerd, Daniel Wynand
dc.contributor.upauthorBraack, L.E.O.
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-01T09:16:26Z
dc.date.available2014-09-01T09:16:26Z
dc.date.created2013
dc.date.issued1990
dc.descriptionThe articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.en
dc.description.abstractCarrion-frequenting blow-flies (Chrysomyia albiceps and C. marginalis) were allowed 4 days of feeding on ³²P-orthophosphate-labelled blood or an Impala carcass (Aepyceros melampus) in the northern Kruger National Park, South Africa. The dispersal and density of fly faecal and discard droplets were then established using a Geiger-Counter, indicating that most droplets occurred between a height of 1 and 3 m on nearby leaves and twigs. This coincides with the preferred feeding height of kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros). During a previous anthrax epizootic kudu comprised 73,15 % of a total medium to large mammal mortality figure of 1054. Further analysis of mortality shows browsers to have been most severely affected, and it is suggested that this is correlated with feeding habits of these animals. Trapping also yielded radioactively labelled C. albiceps up to 32,5 km and C. marginalis up to 25 km from the isotope source.en
dc.description.librarianmn2014
dc.identifier.citationBraack, LEO & De Vos, V 1990, 'Feeding habits and flight-range of blow-flies (Chrysomyia spp.) in relation to anthrax transmission in the Kruger National Park, South Afnca’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 141-142.en
dc.identifier.issn0330-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/41848
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPublished by the Government Printer, Pretoria.en
dc.rights©South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services. ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).en
dc.subjectVeterinary medicineen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.titleFeeding habits and flight-range of blow-flies (Chrysomyia spp.) in relation to anthrax transmission in the Kruger National Park, South Afncaen
dc.typeArticleen

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