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Simon Lachance
Back to facultyAdjunct ProfessorSchool of Environmental SciencesUniversity of Guelph
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Effectiveness of Naturally Occurring Substances Added to Duck Litter in Reducing Emergence and Landing of Adult Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae).
Journal of economic entomology · 2017 · first author
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Effectiveness of Naturally Occurring Substances Added to Duck Litter in Reducing Emergence and Landing of Adult Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae).
Lachance S, Shiell J, Guerin MT, Scott-Dupree C
Journal of economic entomology2017First author
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