TY - BOOK AU - Stadler,Frank TI - A complete guide to maggot therapy: : clinical practice, therapeutic principles, production, distribution, and ethics SN - 9781800647305 PY - 2022/// CY - Cambridge PB - Open Book Publishers KW - Wounds and injuries KW - Treatment KW - Maggots N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 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 UR - https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0300.pdf ER -