Tests on a new bait for flies (diptera: Calliphoridae) causing cutaneous myiasis (flystrike) in sheep

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 151-156

  Morris, Michael C ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bait; Calliphora stygia; Chrysomya rufifacies; Flystrike; Lucilia cuprina; Lucilia sericata

Indexed keywords

BAIT; PEST CONTROL; SHEEP;

CALLIPHORA STYGIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA RUFIFACIES; DIPTERA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS ARIES; SERICATA;

EID: 18744393147     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2005.9513645     Document Type: Article

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