Wing and body motion during flight initiation in Drosophila revealed by automated visual tracking [PDF]
, 2009 The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a widely used model organism in studies of genetics, developmental biology and biomechanics. One limitation for exploiting Drosophila as a model system for behavioral neurobiology is that measuring body kinematics
Burdick, Joel W. +3 more
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Scientific African, 2022 Stable flies are blood feeding ectoparasites of economic, veterinary and medical importance. There is scarcity of data on pathogens harboured by stable flies occurring in South African feedlots.
Nokofa B. Makhahlela +6 more
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Changes of Sand Fly Populations and Leishmania infantum Infection Rates in an Irrigated Village Located in Arid Central Tunisia [PDF]
, 2016 Citation: Barhoumi, W., Fares, W., Cherni, S., Derbali, M., Dachraoui, K., Chelbi, I., . . . Zhioua, E. (2016). Changes of Sand Fly Populations and Leishmania infantum Infection Rates in an Irrigated Village Located in Arid Central Tunisia. International
Barhoumi, W. +8 more
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Population dynamic of the flies attached to stick traps in horse stables in Shalalat, Mosul [PDF]
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2009 Four species of flies were recorded in sticky traps in Shalalat stable horse club/ Mosul, IRAQ, as follows: Musca domestica, Sarcophaga bullata and Stomoxys calcitrans،Fannia scalaris belonged to Family: Muscidae, order: Diptera. Results reveled that the
A. Y. Haj Ismail +2 more
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Staphylococcus microbes in the bovine skin microbiome attract blood-feeding stable flies
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The human skin microbiome reportedly contributes to the attraction of mosquitoes to human hosts. We tested the hypothesis that bovine skin microbes affect the attraction of blood-feeding stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, to their bovine hosts.
Saif A. Nayani +6 more
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The role of visual and mechanosensory cues in structuring forward flight in Drosophila melanogaster [PDF]
, 2007 It has long been known that many flying insects use visual cues to orient with respect to the wind and to control their groundspeed in the face of varying wind conditions.
Budick, Seth A. +2 more
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Insects, 2018 The biology of the stable fly is fairly well known, but factors influencing the distribution of adult stable flies within stables are still inadequately investigated. The four experimental stables were located in south western Slovakia.
Marek Semelbauer +3 more
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Evidence of Lumpy Skin Virus DNA in Blood-Feeding Flies During Outbreaks in Russia in 2018-2019
Acta Veterinaria, 2022 In this study we report the testing of blood-feeding and synanthropic flies captured near animals affected by lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) in Russia during the outbreaks in the Kurgan region in 2018 and Saratov region in 2019.
Sprygin Alexander +5 more
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Elements of IPM for Dairy Cattle in New York State [PDF]
, 2020 NYS IPM Type: Livestock IPM ElementsThis is a checklist of items to help you develop or analyze whether you use IPM for flies in your dairy operation. If the IPM practice listed below is used across the farm then check it off and give yourself the all ...
Waldron, Keith, Wise, Ken
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Serological responses and biomarker evaluation in mice and pigs exposed to tsetse fly bites [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Tsetse flies are obligate blood-feeding insects that transmit African trypanosomes responsible for human sleeping sickness and nagana in livestock.
Caljon, Guy +6 more
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