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- Title
UROGENITAL MYIASIS IN COMMERCIAL BROILER CHICKEN DUE TO CHRYSOMYA BEZZIANA IN ASSAM AND ITS MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION.
- Authors
Bora, S.; Das, M.; Islam, S.; Borkalita, L.; Neog, R.; Begum, S.; Kakati, P.; Hussain, L.
- Abstract
In an exploratory investigation of ectoparasites of poultry commercial broiler chicken with age ranging from 4 to 7 weeks at different seasons of the year was found to suffer from urogenital myiasis varying from 0.52- 2.62 % with an average of 1.34% infestation. Data was generated from a total 4450 broiler chicken where 60 birds were found infested with urogenital myiasis in different seasons of the year, monsoon being the most preferred one. Laboratory bred larvae completed life cycle in 13-18 days at room temperature (20.3-32°C) and relative humidity of 85%. Larvae collected from lesions were identified as Chrysomya bezziana and the adult flies were emerged from those larvae were also morphologically identical to C. bezziana. Subsequently molecular characterization of the larvae was conducted. Results of BLAST showed the query sequence having 99% similarity with C. bezziana. Possible economic impact of the urogenital myiasis in poultry has been discussed.
- Subjects
MYIASIS; BROILER chickens; CHICKENS; HUMIDITY; POULTRY; LARVAE; ECONOMIC impact
- Publication
Veterinary Practitioner, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 2, p177
- ISSN
0972-4036
- Publication type
Article