| dc.contributor.author | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-17T08:43:39Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2014-10-17T08:43:39Z | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49479 | en_US |
| dc.title | Mangetout muscovy | en_US |
| cg.subject.cta | CROPS | en_US |
| dcterms.abstract | Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) can provide a cheap and effective way of controlling flies in calf and pig pens, according to Canadian researchers, thus saving money on insecticides and vet's bills. Disease spread by flies costs farmers in the US... | en_US |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_US |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | CTA. 1994. Mangetout muscovy. Spore 53. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. | en_US |
| dcterms.description | Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) can provide a cheap and effective way of controlling flies in calf and pig pens, according to Canadian researchers, thus saving money on insecticides and vet's bills.
Disease spread by flies costs farmers in the US alone an estimated $60 million a year. But researchers at the University of Guelph Ontario, carried out experiments on several local farms where pigs and cattle were being reared. Comparisons were made between rearing pens which had a four to five week-old muscovy duck placed in them and those without. They found that the Muscovy had reduced the number of flies by between 80-98%. Females ducks, for some reason, devour houseflies three times more rapidly than the drakes.
In addition the ducks, which had initially cost only $2 each, required no additional food and could be sold as food for between $4 to $9.
'New Scientist' 16 April
1994
IPC Specialist Group
King's Reach Tower
Stamford Street
London SE1 9LS
UK | en_US |
| dcterms.isPartOf | Spore | en_US |
| dcterms.issued | 1994 | en_US |
| dcterms.language | en | en_US |
| dcterms.publisher | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| dcterms.type | News Item | en_US |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation | en_US |
| cg.identifier.url | http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jcta53e/ | en_US |
| cg.place | Wageningen, The Netherlands | en_US |
| cg.howPublished | Formally Published | en_US |
| cg.journal | Spore | en_US |
| cg.issn | 1011-0054 | en_US |
| cg.number | 53 | en_US |
