Sheep blowfly strike risk and management in Great Britain: A survey of current practice

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 303-308

  Bisdorff, B ^a   Wall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Disease risk; Insecticides; Lucilia sericata; Myiasis; Treatment; U.K.

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; FLY; INSECTICIDE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MYIASIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDES; MYIASIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 56549119145     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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