Temporal changes in the abundance of musca domestica linn (Diptera: Muscidae) in poultry farms in penang, Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-148

  Jin, Bong Lee ^a   Jaal, Zairi ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HOUSE FLY; HUMIDITY; MALAYSIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POULTRY; SEASON; WEATHER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; HOUSEFLIES; HUMIDITY; MALAYSIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POULTRY; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 72549117428     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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