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  "abstract": "The stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans L., is one of the most damaging blood-feeding pests of livestock. Stable flies use odors associated with vertebrate hosts and their environments to locate blood meal and suitable oviposition and larval-development sites. Previous studies have identified behaviorally active gases, phenolic compounds, short-chain fatty acids, alcohols, and sulfur-containing compounds from cattle-associated odor sources, but ketones have received limited behavioral investigation. We first evaluated stable-fly attraction to host- and resource-associated substrates, including chicken manure, wet blood meal and sheep blood and characterized volatile compounds from attractive materials using SPME-GC-MS. We then tested ketones detected in the headspace of these substrates or reported in published studies. Three ketones, 1-octen-3-one, 3-octanone, and 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, significantly attracted adult stable flies. Following blend evaluation, 3-octanone and 1-octen-3-one were selected as the two-component K-lure blend which was significantly more attractive than the control in choice assays. Combining K-lure with the previously reported phenol-m-cresol blend elicited the highest response among the treatments tested. In a subsequent sticky-card trapping assay, traps baited with K-lure captured significantly more stable flies than the control traps. These results identify ketones as stable fly attractants and support further evaluation of K-lure in trap-based monitoring and management.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Apex Bait Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA."
  ],
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  "author_total": 3,
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      "name": "Saravan Kumar Parepely"
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    {
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      "name": "Abhinav Kumar Maurya"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
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      ],
      "name": "Dangsheng Liang"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/b231erffqvjp1.bib",
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  "doi": "10.3390/insects17101071",
  "fulltext_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13705007",
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  "language": "eng",
  "licence": "CC-BY",
  "licence_label": "CC BY",
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  "native_subjects": [
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  "pdf_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13705007?pdf=render",
  "pmcid": "PMC13705007",
  "pmid": "42940980",
  "published": "2026-10-16",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/b231erffqvjp1.ris",
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  "subjects": [
    {
      "field": "biology",
      "origin": "openalex:1109|Insect Pheromone Research and Control",
      "subfield": "zoology-behaviour"
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  "title": "Identification and Behavioral Evaluation of Ketone Attractants for the Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans.",
  "title_text": "Identification and Behavioral Evaluation of Ketone Attractants for the Stable Fly, Stomoxys calcitrans.",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:22:12Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/b231erffqvjp1",
  "venue": "Insects",
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