THE OVIPOSITIONAL RESPONSE OF THE AUSTRALIAN SHEEP BLOWFLY, LUCILIA CUPRINA, TO FLEECE-ROT ODOURS
| Autor: | G. C. Merritt, J. E. Watts, B. S. Goodrich |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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Sheep blowfly
Oviposition Sheep Diseases Fractionation Myiasis chemistry.chemical_compound parasitic diseases Animals Pseudomonas Infections Food science Wax Sheep General Veterinary biology Diptera Wool fungi food and beverages General Medicine biology.organism_classification chemistry Sodium hydroxide Lucilia cuprina visual_art Odorants behavior and behavior mechanisms visual_art.visual_art_medium Female Hair Diseases psychological phenomena and processes Bacteria |
| Zdroj: | Australian Veterinary Journal. 57:450-454 |
| ISSN: | 1751-0813 0005-0423 |
| Popis: | The ovipositional response of Lucilia cuprina flies to odours emanating from fleece-rot lesions of greasy wool in which Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria proliferated, was studied. Fractionation of the fleece-rot odours was carried out by bubbling the volatile components through hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide solutions to remove basic odours and acidic odours respectively. It was found that the acidic/neutral odours of fleece-rot wool, when perfused into wet, greasy wool stimulated L. cuprina to oviposit. On the other hand, the basic/neutral odours of fleece-rot wool were virtually unattractive to the gravid fly. Similarly, the acidic/neutral odours emanating from fleece-rot lesions of clean wool from which the non-fibre components, wax, suint and epithelial debris, had been removed by scouring, were found to be unattractive to the gravid fly in choice tests. |
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