A feed additive to control flies in poultry manure.
To determine methoprene's effect on fly emergence from poultry manure, 18,000 8-wk.-old caged pullets were fed continuously 10 gm. of methoprene per ton of feed 42 days. Hatch mates (13,500) in an adjacent, similarly constructed and equipped house were fed untrated feed. Data on fly emergence were recorded twice a week after counting average numbers of flies in fly traps, in buckets of manure, and on fly strips and spot cards. Differences between average counts in the treated and control groups were significant by each of the four data-gathering methods. The methoprene reduced fly emergence by 77.0% in manure buckets, 65.5% in fly traps, but increased fly emergence 19.2% on fly strips, and 92.2% on spot cards. We attribute the increases in fly counts by the latter two counting methods in the treated house to migration of flies from adjacent untreated houses.
D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004175:Diptera; D005243:Feces; D007300:Insect Control; D007605:Juvenile Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008726:Methoprene / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D007605:Juvenile Hormones; D008726:Methoprene