Effect of airflow on house fly (Diptera: Muscidae) distribution in poultry houses. 1999

C J Geden, and J A Hogsette, and R D Jacobs
Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, Gainesville, FL 32604, USA.

Numbers of fecal and vomit spots deposited by house flies, Musca domestica L., on spot cards were about twice as high on cards placed on the downwind sides as on the upwind sides of building support posts in caged-layer poultry houses with tunnel ventilation in Brooksville, FL. This trend was stronger at the ends of the houses where airflow is faster than in the relatively still-air center of the houses. A similar evaluation conducted in a pullet house (Zephyrhills, FL) with an evaporative cooling ventilation system revealed significantly higher fly counts on spot cards and sticky cards in downwind compared with upwind orientations. Flies in the pullet house were concentrated in both ends of the house and in the center, with comparatively fewer flies in the intermediate regions. There was a high degree of correlation between spot card and sticky card counts in the pullet house.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007300 Insect Control The reduction or regulation of the population of noxious, destructive, or dangerous insects through chemical, biological, or other means. Control, Insect
D009117 Muscidae A family of the order DIPTERA with over 700 species. Important species that may be mechanical vectors of disease include Musca domesticus (HOUSEFLIES), Musca autumnalis (face fly), Stomoxys calcitrans (stable fly), Haematobia irritans (horn fly) and Fannia spp. Face Fly,Fannia,Haematobia irritans,Horn Fly,Musca autumnalis,Stable Fly,Stomoxys calcitrans,Face Flies,Fannias,Flies, Face,Flies, Horn,Flies, Stable,Fly, Face,Fly, Horn,Fly, Stable,Haematobia irritan,Horn Flies,Musca autumnali,Stable Flies,Stomoxys calcitran,autumnali, Musca,calcitran, Stomoxys,irritan, Haematobia
D000392 Air Movements The motion of air currents. Air Movement,Movement, Air,Movements, Air
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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