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01-08-2004 | Short Communication

Calliphora vicina larvae grow at different rates on different body tissues.

Authors: Gajen Kaneshrajah, Bryan Turner

Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Issue 4/2004

Abstract

Compared with the rate on pig’s liver, larval growth of the blowfly, Calliphora vicina is significantly faster by as much as 2 days on lung, kidney, heart or brain tissue. Potentially this has major implications when laboratory growth rates of larvae fed on one food substrate (often liver) are used to calculate the amount of development, and therefore the postmortem interval in a forensic case.

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Title: Calliphora vicina larvae grow at different rates on different body tissues.
Authors: Gajen Kaneshrajah
Bryan Turner
Publication date: 01-08-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine / Issue 4/2004
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Electronic ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-004-0444-5

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