The mass rearing of insects as animal feed is a new and rapidly growing component of circular agriculture, which offers the opportunity to develop it in such a way that it promotes insect health and welfare. Behaviour is an important indicator of animal performance and welfare. In this review, we...

The present study evaluated nutritional composition, stable isotopic signature, apparent digestibility coefficient (ADCs), and relative contribution of seven insect meals, namely black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) (BSF), common housefly (Musca domestica) (CHF), yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) ...

The field efficacy of pheromone-food bait pellets to lure house flies was evaluated using delta traps in poultry houses. Different pellet baits with fish meal alone (FM), fish meal+(Z)-9-tricosene (FMP), and fish meal+(Z)-9-tricosene+butylated hydroxyl toluene (FMPB) were prepared and evaluated in...

The Musca domestica salivary gland hypertrophy virus (MdSGHV) substantially enlarges the house fly's salivary glands and prevents or delays ovarian development in its adult host, but the effect that MdSGHV has on the house fly's food consumption is currently unknown. Using house flies from a ...

Beauveria spp., an entomopathogenic fungus, has recently been widely used as a biocontrol agent of house fly populations to evade the critical effects of chemical insecticides on humans, animals, and the natural ecosystem. In the presented study, different types of fungi were isolated from house...

The house fly Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) is a medically important insect worldwide because adults are an annoyance and mechanical carriers of various pathogens, and the larvae cause myiasis in humans and animals. In order to efficiently control fly populations, information on the most...

The growing human population, changing dietary habits and intensifying competition between food and feed production underline the urgent need to explore novel sustainable production chains. In the past, the poultry sector has gained popularity due to its superior environmental and economic benefits ...

The insecticidal potentials of plant oil from neem (Azadirachta indica) seeds and wild basil (Ocimum suave) leaves was applied as individual oils and mixed equal proportion (50:50) against adult house flies (Musca domestica). The experiment was setup on a completely randomised design using two...

Concentrated swine production can produce large amounts of accumulated waste that may serve as development sites for pest flies. Filth flies are not only a nuisance but can also interfere with animal growth and production and are capable of mechanically transmitting many pathogens to swine on...

House flies are important nuisance pests in a variety of confined livestock operations. More importantly, house flies are known mechanical vectors of numerous animal and human pathogens. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is an economically important, complex illness of cattle associated with several ...