AgroScience Today, Volume 2, Issue 1 : 00IV-00VI

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OPEN ACCESS | Published on : 31-Jan-2021

Biology and Life Cycle of Cattle Face Fly Parasitic Nematode, Heterotylenchus

• Arun A
• Department of Nematology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Venkatesh K
• Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

Parasitic nematode, Heterotylenchus autumnalis associated with the face fly, Musca autumnalis, which is deleterious to livestock producers around the world. The parasitic nematode can transmit several eye diseases and parasitic to cattle.

Keywords

Musca autumnalis, face fly, Heterotylenchus

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