A complete guide to maggot therapy  : clinical practice, therapeutic principles, production, distribution, and ethics 
/ Edited by Frank Stadler 
 - 1 online resource (430 pages) :  color illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Part 1. Clinical practice Living with a chronic wound Wound aetiologies, patient characteristics, and healthcare settings amenable to maggot therapy Indications, contraindications, interactions, and side-effects of maggot therapy Medicinal maggot application and maggot therapy dressing technology Clinical integration of maggot therapy Part 2. Therapeutic principles The natural history of medicinal flies Maggot debridement The antimicrobial activity of medicinal maggots Maggot-assisted wound healing Bioprospecting and testing of new fly species for maggot therapy Part 3. Production of medicinal maggots Laboratory and insectary infrastructure and equipment Fly colony establishment, quality control and improvement Medicinal maggot production Establishment of a medical maggot rearing facility and maggot therapy programme for human and veterinary medicine in Kenya Part 4. Logistics Packaging technology Distribution logistics Drone-assisted medicinal maggot distribution in compromised healthcare settings Part 5. Ethics The ethics of maggot therapy 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781800647305 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wounds and injuries--Treatment<br/>Maggots