Feed Additives for Control of House Fly Larvae in Livestock Feces1
- 1 October 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 53 (5), 774-776
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/53.5.774
Abstract
There was no reduction in the numbers of house flies (Musca domestica L.) completing development from egg to adult in feces from a steer fed up to 100 gm./day of Polybor 3, (containing 98% of disodium octoborate tetrahydrate (Na2B8O13-4H20)). When mixed directly with cattle manure, Polybor 3 was an effective larvicide; a possible explanation for relatively higher rates in a steer ration not controlling larvae in feces is discussed. Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner spores containing 25 billion/gm. mixed directly with cattle feces at rates of 0, 50, 100, 200, and 300 mg./kg. and inoculated with 100 house fly eggs resulted in an average of 43, 41, 9, 5, and 0 adult house flies completing development, respectively. Feeding 20 gm. B. thuringiensis/day to a steer prevented development of house flies in manure, and 0.125 gm. B. thuringiensis/kg. ration greatly reduced the number of adult flies emerging from hen droppings. The presence of aureomycin did not decrease the effectiveness of this pathogen.Keywords
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