This stable fly, which visits many hosts at short intervals, has been shown to contain a large amount of agents of diseases, which – depending on their amount – might be transmitted (Table 1). In most cases, transmission probably occurs mechanically by contamination of the mouthparts but surely also by a process of regurgitation.
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Stomoxys calcitrans: Transmission Activity. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_4354
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