Blowfly species composition in sheep myiasis in Scotland

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-256

  Morris, Owen S ^a   Titchener, Richard N ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Lucilia caesar; Lucilia sericata; Myiasis; Protophormia terraenovae; Scotland; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BLOWFLY; SHEEP; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

SCOTLAND; UK;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORA VOMITORIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LUCILIA CAESAR; LUCILIA ILLUSTRIS; LUCILIA SERICATA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCINA; MUSCINA PABULORUM; OVIS ARIES; PROTOPHORMIA TERRAENOVAE; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; SERICATA;

EID: 0031194279     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00403.x     Document Type: Article

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