Flotation method for extracting insects from poultry manure samples

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-123

  Tobin, Patrick C ^a   Pitts, Charles W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphitobius diaperinus; Carcinops pumilio; Flotation; Musca domestica; Poultry manure; Recovery rate

Indexed keywords

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; CARCINOPS PUMILIO; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HISTERIDAE; INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; HOUSE FLY; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; HOUSEFLIES; TENEBRIO;

EID: 0032609596     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.1.121     Document Type: Article

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