Essai comparé de production d'asticots dans les fientes de poule et dans la bouse de vache

Comparative Trials on Maggot Production in Chicken Droppings and Cow Dung. Between the months of August and October 1999, trials on maggot production in fowl droppings, and in cow dung were conducted in Dschang, in western Cameroon. A completely randomised design comprising 2 treatments (substrate types) with 5 replicates each was used. Chicken droppings performed better than cow dung. The mean daily biomass was 0.12 g of maggots/kg of substrate in chicken droppings as compared to 0.037 g/kg in cow dung. The substrates were no longer productive after the 19th day. The maggots belonged to two sub-families of Muscidae: the Anthomyinae and Muscinae.