The Hydrogen-Ion Concentration of Myiotic Wounds in Sheep and Goats
- 31 May 1938
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 31 (3) , 441-443
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/31.3.441
Abstract
The pH of exudates of 32 wounds in goats and of 20 wounds in sheep infested with the larvae of Cochliomyia americana was determined. The trend of the mean pH courses in myiatic rump wounds of sheep and goats is similar except that the changes occur sooner in goats than in sheep. The alkalinity is comparatively high from the 3d to the 6th day. The course of the mean pH of postmyiatic wounds in goats is toward greater acidity as long as pus is present; in sheep it is alkaline or near-alkaline for the entire period.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: