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Economic Importance of Housefly and Control of Housefly-Biology Essay Questions

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Describe the Economic importance of the housefly and how it is controlled.   

The housefly is a vector:  it helps in spreading about 60 or more diseases.

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Economic importance of the housefly and how it is controlled.   

The housefly is a vector which helps in spreading about 60 or more disease; this has been made possible through indiscriminate feeding habits; some of the diseases spread by houseflies are typhoid, cholera, dysentery and poliomyelitis;  This causes the people and governments to spend money in buying drugs and training personnel who treat these diseases.

  How to Control Housefly

  • Putting in proper methods of human wastes disposal
  • Proper disposal of garbage whose rotting / decay will provide a breeding place.
  • Food for human consumption should be stored in such a way so that houseflies do not settle on it.
  • Homes should be kept clean as way of removing attraction for flies into the house
  • Personal hygiene should be observed.
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