Small vertebrate carrion and its use by blowflies (Calliphoridae) causing ovine myiasis (flystrike) in New Zealand

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-87

  Heath, A C G ^a   Appleton, C ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calliphoridae; Carrion; Myiasis; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009847577     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1999.9722057     Document Type: Article

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