Novel Growth Media for Rearing Larval Horn Flies, Haematobia irritans (Diptera: Muscidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-29

  Perotti, M A ^a   Lysyk, T J ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Development; Growth; Hematobia irritans; Larval survival; Media

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACILLUS PUMILUS; COMAMONAS; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; DIPTERA; EMPEDOBACTER BREVIS; FLAVOBACTERIUM SP.; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HEMATOBIA; HEMATOBIA IRRITANS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MUSCIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PUMILUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MANURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSCIDAE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA; EGGS; LARVA; MANURE; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 0037271099     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.1.22     Document Type: Article

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