The responses of Lucilia cuprina to odours from sheep, offal and bacterial cultures

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-64

  Morris, M C ^a,b   Joyce, M A ^a   Heath, A C G ^a   Rabel, B ^a   Delisle, G W ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

flystrike; Lucilia cuprina; odours; orientation

Indexed keywords

LUCILIA CUPRINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DERMATOPHILUS CONGOLENSIS; DIPTERA; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; OVIS ARIES; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BLOWFLY; ODOUR; SHEEP;

EID: 0030613116     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00290.x     Document Type: Article

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