Comparative scanning electron microscopy of Gasterophilus third instars

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-264

  Colwell, D D ^a   Otranto, D ^b   Horak, I G ^c  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Equids; Larvae; Morphology; Stomach bots

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EQUIDAE; GASTEROPHILUS; GASTEROPHILUS HAEMORRHOIDALIS; GASTEROPHILUS INERMIS; GASTEROPHILUS INTESTINALIS; GASTEROPHILUS NASALIS; GASTEROPHILUS PECORUM;

EID: 34848899632     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2007.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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