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Mortality of Blow-Fly Larvae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the digestive tract of Vultures

Author(s) -

Leo Braack

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

koedoe

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419

H-Index - 29

eISSN - 2071-0771

pISSN - 0075-6458

DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v27i1.545

Subject(s) - carrion , calliphoridae , larva , biology , forensic entomology , maggot , zoology , digestive tract , population , predation , ecology , medicine , demography , sociology

The blow-flies Chrysomyia albiceps and C marginalis are abundant in the Kruger National Park and depend on carrion as a food-source during their larval stages. Vultures occasionally consume maggot-infested meat and the question arises whether such larvae survive passage through the digestive tract and so contribute to the population of blow-flies in that area. Three vultures were fed baboon meat inoculated with blow- fly larvae, and none of the larvae were found to survive

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