Background 'Filth flies' feed and develop in excrement and decaying matter and can transmit
enteric pathogens to humans and animals, leading to colonization and infection …

Larval house flies, Musca domestica (L.), nutritionally require live bacteria; therefore, all
stadia are associated with microbe-rich environments. Larvae live among and ingest …

Calves are born and raised in a wide diversity of environments and housing conditions, all of
which affect the risk of neonatal enteric infectious disease. At one extreme are calves born in …

Industrialised rearing of house flies and black soldier flies in systems for producing protein
offers numerous species-specific benefits and challenges. These two dipteran species offer …

Diarrheal disease is an important health challenge, accounting for the majority of childhood
deaths globally. Climate change is expected to increase the global burden of diarrheal …

In this review, we describe the effects of global climate change for one specific pathogen: the
parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It is postulated that an increase of T. gondii prevalence in …

The housefly feeds and reproduces in animal manure and decaying organic substances and
thus lives in intimate association with various microorganisms including human pathogens …

Although insecticide resistance is a widespread problem for most insect pests, frequently the
assessment of resistance occurs over a limited geographic range. Herein, we report the first …

ABSTRACT Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) occurs on every continent and is
closely associated with carrion and decaying material in human environments. Its abilities to …

In this project, enterococci from the digestive tracts of 260 houseflies (Musca domestica L.)
collected from five restaurants were characterized. Houseflies frequently (97% of the flies …