TUCKER, Ga. — U.S. Poultry & Egg Association and the USPOULTRY Foundation have announced the completion of a funded research project at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Gainesville, Fla., regarding a new method to control flies on poultry farms.
The project is part of the association's comprehensive research program encompassing all phases of poultry and egg production and processing. The project summary is as follows:
Dr. Christopher Geden, in a research project funded by USPOULTRY, developed a novel method to apply an insect growth regulator, pyriproxyfen (PPF), to prevent the development of fly larvae into adult flies. Geden. . .

