| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1975 |
| Authors: | O. O. Dipeolu |
| Journal: | Journal of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Pagination: | 14-20 |
| Date Published: | 1975 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Cattle, Hippobosca variegata, Musca crassirostris, Nigeria, Stomoxys calcitrans, Stomoxys niger, Tabanidae, Tabanus neocopinus, Tabanus taeniola |
| Abstract: | In a survey of flies biting cattle at three cattle establishments in Ibadan between March 1973 and October 1974 Stomoxys nigra and S. calcitrans were found to be the most abundant. Others detected included Tabanus taeniola, T. neocopinus, Musca crassirostris and Hippobosca variegata. Flies were more numerous during the rainy season and the intensity of the early rains influenced the subsequent abundance of Stomoxys. The fly challenge to cattle was highest during the evenings and lowest in the early mornings. The risk to cattle of the preponderance of the flies in some of the sites of collection was discussed. |
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