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Journal of Parasitic Diseases
Published in: Journal of Parasitic Diseases 2/2012

01-10-2012 | Short Communication

Myiasis in domestic animals: new records of calyptrate Diptera

Author: S. K. Sinha

Published in: Journal of Parasitic Diseases | Issue 2/2012

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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.
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Chhabra MB, Pathak KML (2009) Myiasis of domestic animals and man in India. J Vet Parasitol 23(1):abstract
Hope FW (1840) On insects and their larvae occasionally found in the human body. Trans R Entomol Soc Lond 2:256–271
Nandi BC (2002) (Diptera, Sarcophagidae). Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. 10:i–xxiv; 1–608. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta
Roy P, Dasgupta B (1971) Behaviour of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabr.) and Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Wied.) as parasites of living animals under experimental conditions. S Afr J Med Sci 36:85–91PubMed
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Sinha SK (2009) Study of life cycle of Seniorwhitea reciproca (Walker) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) on coastal fish Panna microdon (Bleeker) in laboratory condition. Rec Zool Surv India 109(2):67–71
Zumpt F (1965) Myiasis in man and animals in the old world. Butterworths, London, 267 pp
Metadata
Title
Myiasis in domestic animals: new records of calyptrate Diptera
Author
S. K. Sinha
Publication date
01-10-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of Parasitic Diseases / Issue 2/2012
Print ISSN: 0971-7196
Electronic ISSN: 0975-0703
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-012-0109-0

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