Biological Control
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The AEU undertakes research on marsh flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) as potential biological control agents of pestiferous slugs and of snail vectors of liver fluke disease. This research is particularly important since the banning of some chemical molluscicides for slug control and the development of resistance to anthelmintic drugs for liver fluke disease.