BACKGROUND Maggots of the blowfly Lucilia sericata are used for the treatment of chronic wounds. Earlier we reported maggot secretions to inhibit pro-inflammatory responses of human monocytes. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of maggot secretions on the differentiation of monocytes into pro-inflammatory (MØ-1) and anti-inflammatory/pro-angiogenic macrophages (MØ-2) as these c...

Use of sterile fly larvae (maggots) of blow flies for the treatment of many different types of skin and soft tissue wounds is called Maggot debridement therapy (MDT). The larvae of blow flies secrete a broad spectrum of compounds with diverse mechanisms of action in the gut and salivary glands called excretion/secretion (ES) products which showed to have antimicrobial activities against Gram ne...

Abstract To improve exclusion systems for fruit trees, insect nets of various types were evaluated their permeability to different beneficial and pest species, under laboratory field conditions. Pests studied the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae) spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Drosophilidae). Beneficials Aphidoletes aphidimyza Cecidomyiidae), Aphidius matric...

In the issue of Lancet of September 30, 2000, Bonn presented a concise update on the current use and benefit of maggots in wound therapy [1]. To improve the acceptance of live maggots, facilitate their use and avoid physical discomfort, we have recently introduced the Biobag [2] (fig. 1A). Live larvae are enclosed between two 0.5-mm-thin layers of a polyvinylalcohol hydrosponge, which are heat ...

Kegiatan budidaya perikanan di Indonesia sangat banyak salah satu diantaranya yaitu ikan lele. Hal ini disebabkan pertumbuhan penduduk yang terus bertambah sehingga meningkatkan kebutuhan masyarakat terhadap protein hewani dari ikan. Ikan dikonsumsi harus memiliki kandungan cukup untuk tubuh manusia. Peningkatan nutrisi pada tidak terlepas jenis pakan diberikan. Salah tinggi adalah maggot. Magg...

Somongari Village residents are currently promoting the cultivation of catfish and chicken to make up for their daily side dishes during pandemic. An alternative feed these animals that is both high in protein easy cultivate maggot. The purpose this training teach how independently breed BSF maggots save on expenditure. This carried out three stages namely: preparation, implementation, evaluati...

Pemanfaatan sampah organik dengan media maggot menjadi salah satu upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengurangi limbah atau rumah tangga. Penyediaan di beberapa tempat tentunya membutuhkan sistem memberikan informasi terkait ada tidaknya tersebut. Tujuan dari pelaksanaan kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah memanfaatkan sehingga bernilai ekonomis dan manfaat bagi pembudidaya maggot. M...

This study aims to determine the effect of using different culture media on quality and quantity maggot. used a completely randomized design consisting four treatments three replications. The consisted of; P0 (control) = 1000 gr tofu pulp, P1 pulp + 500 bran, P2 P3 grams chicken manure. parameters observed were population, weight, body length results proximate maggot test. analysis variance (AN...