Effects of stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) on weight gains of grazing yearling cattle

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 780-783

  Campbell, J B ^a   Skoda, S R ^b   Berkebile, D R ^b   Boxler, D J ^a   Thomas, G D ^b   Adams, D C ^a   Davis, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Grazing cattle weight gains; Stable flies; Stomoxys calcitrans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; INFESTATION; MUSCIDAE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; MUSCIDAE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0035375785     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.3.780     Document Type: Article

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