Statistical data processing: The effect of different factors (substrate and block) on biomass
maggots was examined using a linear mixed effects model (Pinheiro and Bates, 2000).
"The place smells and we can't have our daughter playing with her toys swarming with
maggots."
"We've heard that
maggots feed on flesh and that there could be maybe a rat run underneath the building and maybe they're eating the flesh - but we're not experts.
"There were
maggots - I had them in my hand literally - but I couldn't eat them.
One hypothesis suggests
maggots have antimicrobial properties and anti-inflammatory effects on tissues.
It was like spaghetti, a salad for my friend and a side order of
maggots.
When the eggs are laid in areas of faecal or urinary contamination around an animal's bottom, or in an open cut or wound, the
maggots hatch and feed on any available material.
The wealth of case reports and case series in the literature suggests that most clinicians are impressed by the debridement efficacy of medicinal
maggots. Controlled studies of
maggot debridement are less common, but quite worthy of examination.
Maggots and grubs are a part of what make up a protein-rich free-range chicken diet.
The couple were given the hazelnut chocolates by their son Manpreet Singh, who said yesterday that when he went in to complain, he found that other boxes were also infested with
maggots.
Importance of live
maggots in the treatment of wounds, though known from ancient times, was highlighted when Doctors from the Canberra hospital treated an elderly man injured in an accident and lying unconscious in the bush for two days.