| Publication Type: | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Authors: | A. B. Forbes |
| Book Title: | Parasites of cattle and sheep: a practical guide to their biology and control |
| Chapter: | 15 |
| Pagination: | 275-294 |
| Publisher: | CAB International |
| City: | Wallingford |
| ISBN Number: | 9781789245158, 9781789245165 |
| Abstract: | This chapter gives an overview about: Lucilia species, myiasis, blowflies, strike; species composition of blowflies; breeding biology; adult emergence; orientation in adult flies; larval development; oviposition on the live host and the pathogenesis of myiasis; clinical presentation; seasonality and epidemiology; treatment and control; control with insecticides; complementary and ancillary methods of control; the 'fleshfly' Wohlfahrtia magnifica; nasal bots, Oestrus ovis; the sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus; sheep lice, Bovicola (Damalinia) ovis, Linognathus ovillus, Linognathus pedalis; sucking lice; and chewing lice |
| URL: | https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/9781789245158.0275 |
| DOI: | 10.1079/9781789245158.0275 |