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Sterility and the mated status test in tepa-treated male sheep blow-flies, Lucilia sericata (Mg.) (Dipt., Calliphoridae)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 July 2009
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Laboratory experiments showed that the mated status of male sheep blowflies (Lucilia sericata (Mg.)) can be reliably detected a week after mating, but subsequently the test is less accurate. Injection of 4–36 Ϝg tepa/male fly induced approximately 95% sterility. Tepa-injected flies mated freely, and the treatment did not interfere with the mated status test subsequently performed. The test has potential value in sterile male release studies.
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