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Journal of Experimental Biology 13,249-252 (1936)
Published by Company of Biologists 1936

The Growth Stimulation of Blow-fly Larvae Fed on Fatigued Frog Muscle. II

G. PUGH SMITH ¹

¹ Zoology Department, University of Birmingham

It had previously been shown that blow-fly larvae fed on fatigued frog muscle grow to a larger size than controls fed on resting muscle.

I have now demonstrated that the growth-stimulating substance is thermolabile and that it passes from the contracting muscle into the blood stream. It does not accumulate in the liver.

The bacterial flora is equally dense on resting and on fatigued muscle on which fly larvae have fed.