Rearing stable fly larvae (Diptera: Muscidae) on an egg yolk medium

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 382-388

  Lysyk, T J ^a   Kalischuk Tymensen, L ^a   Selinger, L B ^a   Lancaster, R C ^a   Wever, L ^a   Cheng, K J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bacteria; Development; Growth; Larval survival; Stomoxys calcitrans

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; EMPEDOBACTER; EMPEDOBACTER BREVIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; INSECTA; MUSCIDAE; MYROIDES ODORATUS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; EGG YOLK; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSCIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; DIET; EGG YOLK; LARVA; MUSCIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0033128019     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.382     Document Type: Article

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