Development and validation of a simulation model for blowfly strike of sheep

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 335-346

  Wall, Richard ^a   Cruickshank, I ^a   Smith, K E ^a   French, N P ^b   Holme, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Lucilia sericata; Model; Myiasis; Sheep; Simulation; Strike

Indexed keywords

MODEL; PEST SPECIES; SHEEP; SIMULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FLY; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPTERA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MYIASIS; SEASONS; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; WALES;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LAMB; LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SERICATA;

EID: 0036909074     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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