Medical Entomology and Zoology (2006) 57, 205-209

Osamu Komagata, Shinji Kasai, Yoshio Tsuda, Mutsuo Kobayashi and Takashi Tomita (2006)
Insecticide susceptibility of the blow fly, Calliphora nigribarbis Vollenhoven, collected in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Medical Entomology and Zoology 57 (3), 205-209
Abstract: Fenitrothion and permethrin are common insecticides for controlling veterinary insect pests in Japan. The efficacy of these two insecticides to the blow fly, Calliphora nigribarbis, was investigated, because the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus was detected and isolated from blow flies collected in the vicinity of an infected poultry farm in Kyoto Prefecture in 2004. The adult blow flies collected in Yamaguchi Prefecture, where the first HPAI outbreak occurred in 2004, were directly used for topical application. The LD₅₀ values were 0.078 µg/female for fenitrothion and 0.014 µg/female for permethrin. The results show that the local population of the blow fly was susceptible to these two insecticides.
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Database assignments for author(s): Mutsuo Kobayashi, Takashi Tomita, Shinji Kasai, Yoshio Tsuda

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Calliphora nigribarbis		Japan