Effects of Nutrition on Egg Development and Survival in the Face Fly, Musca autumnalis12

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Meridic diets for Musca autumnalis De Geer, that included gastric mucin, sodium caseinate, and egg albumin gave results equal, or superior, to the laboratory diet used as a control. Proteins that promoted only poor egg development were bovine blood fibrin, lactalbumin, serum albumin, gelatin, vitamin-free casein, and salivary mucin. A diet containing amino acids rather than protein promoted egg development, but less than diets containing the 3 best proteins. Diets, containing from 40% to 70% protein promoted maximum development, but above 90% protein, low carbohydrate concentration limited survival of the face fly.

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