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Title: | Control of farm flies in Malta III : the effect of residual insecticide sprays on Musca domestica and Stomoxys calcitrans in the Maltese Islands |
Authors: | Saliba, Louis J. Dandria, D.F. Grose, J.E.H. Harris, Eric G. Zammit, Lucia M. |
Keywords: | Insecticides -- Malta Housefly -- Malta Stable fly -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 1976 |
Publisher: | Pest Articles & News Summaries (PANS) |
Citation: | PANS. 1976, Vol.22(2), p. 215-222 |
Abstract: | Field trials to control flies on animal farms in Malta were held during 1973 with tetrachlorvinphos, iodofenphos, fenitrothion, bioresmethrin and dimethoate applied as cover sprays to walls and ceilings. Results were assessed by fly population counts (using sticky flY'paper traps exposed for 24 h at weekly intervals), bioassay tests and visual assessments of flies on individual farms. Tetrachlorvinphos gave the best results and was applied as a cover spray on 12 large animal farms in the northwestern part of Gozo during 1974. Results, using the same criteria as in the 1973 trials, indicated that, although high fly mortality was observed and deposits on walls remained toxic throughout the season, effective control of houseflies and stablefl ies was not ach ieved. It is suggested that residual spraying alone on the larger animal farms was not sufficient to overcome the breeding potential of the flies and that a residual spraying campaign could only be successful if more extensively applied and supplemented by a comprehensive programme of farm hygiene improvement |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/6085 |
Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCSciZoo Scholarly Works - FacSciBio |
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