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Rearing Houseflies and Roaches for Physiological Research1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. W. Fisher  and
F. Jursic
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The first objective in the breeding of insects for physiological research is a sufficient number of insects of the greatest uniformity both within and between generations. The methods used must emphasize conditions of cleanliness and should preferably give freedom from offensive odours. Wit11 the growth of Knowledge of the factors involved and with the development of new food materids the rearing procedures have been modified. This article describes the present status of our methods used in the rearing of houseflies and roaches.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 90 , Issue 1 , January 1958 , pp. 1 - 7
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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Fisher, R. S.,* and Morrison, F. O.. 1949. Methods of rearing and sexing Musca domestica L. 80th Ann. Rep. Ont. Ent. Soc.: 41–45.Google Scholar
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