Improvement of survival of the house fly (Musca domestica L.) larvae under mass-rearing conditions

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-125

  Cickova H ^a,b   Kozanek M ^a   Takac P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Scientica   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

biodegradation; egg dispersal; house fly; mass rearing; substrate modification; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; DISPERSAL; EGG PRODUCTION; FLY; LARVA; MANURE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PUPA; REARING; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL; WASTE FACILITY; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOUSE FLY; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MANURE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HOUSEFLIES; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MANURE; OVUM; SWINE;

MUSCA DOMESTICA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84872335186     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000748531200065X     Document Type: Article

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