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Breeding the Indian house-fly (Musca domestica nebulo Fabr.) for experimental studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. J. Deoras
P. J. Deoras
Affiliation:
Haffkine Institute, Bombay 12*
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1. A technique is described for the laboratory breeding of Musca domestica nebulo Fabr. the Indian house-fly.

2. Methods are described for the transferring of the flies from cages to appliances for testing insecticides and for close observation.

I am very thankful to Mr E. B. Raj-der-ker who kindly donated the B. K. Raj-der-ker insect breeding station for our work. I owe a debt of gratitude to the authorities of the Indian Law Society, Poona, who have placed land and building facilities at our disposal for this research. Prof. S. P. Agharkar placed all the facilities of the Research Institute of the Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science at my disposal, and Mr D. R. Ranade voluntarily supervised the breeding at Poona.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 44 , Issue 3-4 , November 1954 , pp. 304 - 309
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

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