Lethal dung kills flies
Research on insect control is advancing is many different directions but the efficiency of control methods has become one of the main considerations. Recent findings focus on the need to control flies in places where they concentrate most frequently, for example on dung. A new product, diflubenzuron, which can be added to animal feed passes harmlessly through the animal's intestinal system but fly larvae which feed deposited on the animal's dung are killed. The chemical acts specifically on insects with particularly having a high chitin levels such as flies. The fly larvae die as a result of being unable to moult properly. The effect is apparent about six weeks after treatment. This product is being used in the United States as an additive to pig and poultry feed and final tests are being completed to enable the product to be marketed in Europe.
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
1987
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/44643 http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta09e/ |
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