Flystrike in New Zealand: An overview based on a 16-year study, following the introduction and dispersal of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 333-344

  Heath, A C G ^a   Bishop, D M ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Flystrike; Lucilia cuprina; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; LARVA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; SHEEP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPTERA; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYIASIS; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33645876156     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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