A comparison of frozen/thawed and fresh food substrates in development of Calliphora augur (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 391-394

  Day, Donnah M ^a,b   Wallman, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calliphora augur; Development media; Forensic entomology; Freezing; Larvae; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALLIPHORA AUGUR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLY; FOOD; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FROZEN SECTION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THAWING; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COLD; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LIVER; MODELS, ANIMAL; SHEEP;

EID: 33750316874     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-006-0095-9     Document Type: Article

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