What is it about?
M. domestica pupae from maggots that grew on horse faeces containing H. muscae eggs were smaller and lighter compared to those of uninfected controls. The percentage of fly larvae that developed into adult flies in experimental groups was decreased.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
This is another example how development stages of a parasite harm avertebrate intermediate hosts
Perspectives
A long exposition of Musca larvae to habronema eggs increase preimaginal mortality of houseflies
Rolf K. Dr. Schuster
Central Veterinary Research Laboratory
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Preimaginal mortality of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) due to Habronema muscae (Nematoda: Habronematidae), Helminthologia, September 2017, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/helm-2017-0029.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
