Fly abundance and climate as determinants of sheep blowfly strike incidence in southwest England

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-238

  Broughan, J M ^a,b   Wall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blowfly strike; Climate; Disease; Lucilia sericata; Myiasis; Sheep; Temperature; U.K.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FLY; SHEEP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FLY; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DIPTERA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MYIASIS; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

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

EID: 34848855520     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2007.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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