Claim · #6492898
Hydrotaea irritans · parasitism · Ovis aries
parasitism · effect: harmful
parasiteOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Lambs which suffered clinically obvious damage had a mean weight gain of 12.18 kg”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 69
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Hydrotaea irritans (sheep headfly) is a well-documented ectoparasite causing head wounds and reduced weight gain in sheep; source quote supports the quantified effect direction.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Hydrotaea irritans (sheep headfly) is a well-documented ectoparasite causing head wounds and reduced weight gain in sheep in the UK; source quote supports the weight-gain reduction claim.”
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