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Title: Effect of storage method on manure as a substrate for filth fly development

Author
item SHINE, BILLIE - Tarleton State University
item SCHOENTHAL, CASSIE - Texas A&M University
item MCKAMIE, SARAH - Tarleton State University
item SCHLAGAL, CAITLIN - Tarleton State University
item Lohmeyer, Kimberly - Kim
item KATTES, DAVID - Tarleton State University

Submitted to: National Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/1/2013
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Numerous studies have been conducted using manure as a substrate for filth fly development. In these experiments, the manure is sometimes frozen for use at a later date. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of various manure storage methods on subsequent house and stable fly development. Dairy cattle and horse manure were utilized and the following treatments were applied: 1) freshly collected manure inoculated with eggs, 2) subsamples of fresh manure placed in vacuumed sealed bags and 3) subsamples of fresh manure placed in freezer bags. Subsamples of the manure placed in vacuumed sealed bags and freezer bags were stored in freezers set at -19°C and -80°C. The frozen samples were retrieved, thawed, and inoculated with house fly (Musca domestica) eggs and stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) eggs 10 and 30 days following freezing.