Arthropods associated with mammalian carcasses in rivers state, nigeria.

Okiwelu, S. N.; Ikpamii, T; Umeozor, O. C.

doi:10.4314/ajbr.v11i3.50754

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“…Temperature and humidity may also have a major influence on the carrion decomposition, larval development and pattern of insect succession. Our results are at par with the findings of [12]. Minimal difference may be due to slow rate of decomposition in the shady environment.…”

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Study on food consumption by blow fly maggots and their percent adult emergence under laboratory conditions

Amin

Khan

Sarwar

2019

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Blow flies plays an important role in decomposition process and consume the maximum carrion. To study the food consumption by blow fly larvae and percent adult emergence, the present research works was carried out at Entomology research laboratory, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar during the year 2015. In 1 st experiment, two rabbits were killed by intra cardiac injection of 10cc magnesium sulphate per rabbit and one each was placed in sunny and shaded areas. In 2 nd Experiment, one rabbit was killed by intra cardiac injection of magnesium sulphate while one rabbit was slaughtered with a sharp knife. Blowfly maggots were collected from the rabbit carrion with the help of forceps and were brought to the laboratory for rearing on cow meat at 25 ± 2 ºC and RH 65 ± 10% to get the adult blowfly. Meat consumption was calculated by exposing 30 grams meat slice to 10 actively feeding larvae. The meat consumption per larvae was recorded highest (1.95 gram) in larvae collected from slaughtered rabbit and lowest (1.91 gram) in larva collected from the rabbit killed by injection. Furthermore, results revealed that the meat consumption per larva and percent adult emergence appeared to be similar in both sunny and shaded areas while the rabbit killed by injection yielded higher percent adult emergence (88.97%) in comparison to slaughtered rabbit with (83.39%) emergence.

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Section: Figure 2 Meat Consumption (Gm) Larvae -1 Collected From Thesupporting

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Study on food consumption by blow fly maggots and their percent adult emergence under laboratory conditions

Amin

Khan

Sarwar

2019

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“…Generally, the sequence and duration of insect succession on carcasses placed outdoor or indoor sites followed the same general pattern. These observations are confirmed by Okiwelu et al, (2008) and Matuszewski et al, (2013) working on pig carrion placed in the sun and shaded sites, and in opens and forest habitats, respectively. In addition, habitat variations affected species diversity.…”

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Entomofauna Associated with Certain Animal Carcasses as A human Model in Cairo, Egypt

Zeariya

Hammad

Kabadaia

2018

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, E. Medical En

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The Journal of Medical Entomology and Parasitology is one of the series issued quarterly by the Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. It is an important specialist journal covering the latest advances in that subject. It publishes original research and review papers on all aspects of basic and applied medical entomology, parasitology and host-parasite relationships, including the latest discoveries in parasite biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, ecology and epidemiology in the content of the biological, medical entomology and veterinary sciences. In addition to that, the journal promotes research on the impact of living organisms on their environment with emphasis on subjects such a resource, depletion, pollution, biodiversity, ecosystem…..etc. www.eajbs.eg.netProvided for non-commercial research and education use. Not for reproduction, distribution or commercial use.The current study was carried out to investigate the forensic insects associated with two animal carcasses namely; dog (Canis lupus familiaris) and rabbit (Lepus cuniculus) during the summer season. A total of 687 adult insect specimens representing 9 families were collected from dog carcass placed outdoor, while 342 adult insect specimens representing 8 families were collected from dog carcass placed indoor. Diptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera comprised 57 %, 36 % and 7 % of insects collected from dog carcasses placed outdoor and 59 %, 37 % and 4 % of insects placed indoor. A total of 274 adult insect specimens representing 8 families were collected from rabbit carcass placed outdoor, while 68 adult insect specimens representing 5 families were collected from rabbit carcass placed indoor. Diptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera comprised 70 %, 19 %, 11 % and 46 %, 38 %, 16 % of the insect collected from rabbit placed outdoor and indoor, respectively. The insect succession on dog and rabbit carcasses throughout the decompositional stages showed that the Calliphorid fly, Chrysomya albiceps was the first fly attracted to the early stages of decomposition. In general, it has appeared that the diversity and numbers of forensic insects which colonize dog or rabbit carcasses were increased outdoor and decreased indoor. Moreover, forensic insects were higher in numbers on dog carcasses than on rabbit carcasses.

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“…Studies on regional African necrophagous faunas are scarce [ 1 , 38 ] and mostly concern South Africa [ 40 – 48 ], Egypt [ 49 – 52 ], and Nigeria [ 35 , 53 , 54 ], with a few from Zimbabwe [ 55 ], Cameroon [ 56 ], and Algeria [ 36 ]. Of course, the African blowfly fauna still needs more faunistic studies, but the presented key should be successfully applicable in most continental African countries, especially in anthropogenic habitats.…”

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Species identification of adult African blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance

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Necrophagous blowflies can provide an excellent source of evidence for forensic entomologists and are also relevant to problems in public health, medicine, and animal health. However, access to useful information about these blowflies is constrained by the need to correctly identify the flies, and the poor availability of reliable, accessible identification tools is a serious obstacle to the development of forensic entomology in the majority of African countries. In response to this need, a high-quality key to the adults of all species of forensically relevant blowflies of Africa has been prepared, drawing on high-quality entomological materials and modern focus-stacking photomicroscopy. This new key can be easily applied by investigators inexperienced in the taxonomy of blowflies and is made available through a highly accessible online platform. Problematic diagnostic characters used in previous keys are discussed.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00414-017-1654-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Arthropods associated with mammalian carcasses in rivers state, nigeria.

Cited by 9 publications

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Study on food consumption by blow fly maggots and their percent adult emergence under laboratory conditions

Study on food consumption by blow fly maggots and their percent adult emergence under laboratory conditions

Entomofauna Associated with Certain Animal Carcasses as A human Model in Cairo, Egypt

Species identification of adult African blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance

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