Affiliations 

  • 1 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • 2 International Department of Dipterology Hikawadai
Trop Biomed, 2008;25(3):252-253.
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Abstract

A forensic entomological study conducted in an oil palm plantation in Tanjung Sepat,
Selangor, Malaysia on 3 August 2007 revealed that a housefly, Musca domestica Linnaeus oviposited
its eggs on a freshly dead pig. This finding indicated that housefly might play an important role in
forensic investigation in determining post-mortem interval (PMI), although it was not yet found
in human corpses or any animal carrion. This preliminary paper presented a first record of Musca
domestica eggs found on animal carcass in the country.