Across commercial broiler belts in India—from the intensive poultry clusters of Namakkal and Coimbatore to Hyderabad, Pune, and Northern broiler zones in Haryana and Punjab—the common house fly (Musca domestica) is often treated as an inevitable nuisance. However, research from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), and TANUVAS reveals that filth flies are an aggressive vector responsible for collapsing Feed Conversion Ratios (FCR), spreading devastating enteric pathogens, and triggering severe financial penalties from integrator companies and regional pollution control boards.
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