Myiasis in domestic animals: new records of calyptrate Diptera

J Parasit Dis. 2012 Oct;36(2):277-9. doi: 10.1007/s12639-012-0109-0. Epub 2012 Mar 24.

Abstract

This paper reports one case of wound myiasis by Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Diptera, Calliphoridae) that occurred in a goat and three cases of vaginal myiasis, five cases of cutaneous myiasis and one case of hoof myiasis in goat, buffalo and bull respectively by Seniorwhitea reciproca (Diptera, Sarcophagidae), for the first time in West Bengal, India.

Keywords: Calyptrate fly; Domestic animals; Hemipyrellia ligurriens; Myiasis; Seniorwhitea reciproca.