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- Title
An updated checklist of myiasis-inducing Diptera species in livestock in Northeastern Brazil.
- Authors
Barbosa, T. M.; Vasconcelos, S. D.
- Abstract
We present here an updated checklist, based upon data from the literature and from field surveys performed from 2009 to 2013, related to the occurrence of myiasis-inducing Diptera species in Northeastern Brazil, according to the environment and host on which the species was observed. Most cases of myiasis involved sheep and have not had their causal agent identified. Nineteen species previously known as obligatory or facultative agents were registered in several environments, including the semi-arid region, where goats are often farmed. Only two species were actually identified as causal agents of myiasis on domestic animals, Cochliomyia hominivorax and Dermatobia hominis. The presence of invasive species may be associated with local expansion of secondary myiasis in domestic animals.
- Subjects
MYIASIS; DIPTERA; SHEEP; GOATS; LIVESTOCK
- Publication
Archivos de Zootecnia, 2015, Vol 64, Issue 246, p187
- ISSN
0004-0592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21071/az.v64i246.396