Responses of fertile and sterile screwworm (Diptera: Calliphoridae) flies to bovine blood inoculated with bacteria originating from screwworm-infested animal wounds

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 130-134

  Chaudhury, M F ^a   Welch, J B ^a   Alfredo Alvarez, L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractant; Bacteria; Cochliomyia hominivorax; Oviposition stimulant

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; CALLIPHORIDAE; COCHLIOMYIA; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLY; FLYING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SCREW WORM INFECTION;

EID: 0036372457     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.130     Document Type: Article

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