EVALUATION OF LARVAL EXTRACTS OF CHRYSOMYA MAGGOTS FOR ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTY
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2018-08
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KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR
Abstract
In the present study, the larval extracts of Chrysomya maggots was tested for
antibacterial property. The maggots were collected from wounds and carcasses in and
around Bengaluru, India. The maggots from wounds were morphologically identified as
C. bezziana and of carcasses were C. megacephala and C. albiceps. For larval extracts,
the larvae were collected from the fly colony of C. megacephala which was successfully
maintained in the laboratory, whereas larvae of C. bezziana collected from the fresh
wounds due to their obligation of oviposition on fresh wounds. About two hundred, third
instar larvae of Chrysomya specie