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Stomoxys Control in Uganda, East Africa

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SINCE 1956, field research on the bionomics of Stomoxys has been in progress in the north of the Mengo District of Buganda Province, Uganda. The experimental area lies in an irregular tract of country of approximately 200 square miles and includes territory ranging from wet seasonal swamps at an altitude of 4,000 ft. above sea-level to wind-swept hills up to 6,000 ft.

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  1. Animal Health Research Centre, Entebbe, Uganda, East Africa

    H. C. M. PARR

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PARR, H. Stomoxys Control in Uganda, East Africa. Nature 184, 829–830 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184829b0

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