Traumatic myiasis by Wohlfahrtia magnifica in sheep flocks from southeastern Spain: prevalence and risk factors
Autor: | David García-Dios, F. D. Alonso, Pablo Díaz, J L Otero, Susana Remesar, Rosario Panadero, Pablo Díez-Baños, M.P. Morrondo, Ceferino López, N Martínez-Calabuig |
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Přispěvatelé: | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Patoloxía Animal |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Veterinary medicine Sarcophagidae medicine.disease_cause Lucilia Wohlfahrtia magnifica Myiasis Risk Factors parasitic diseases Infestation medicine Prevalence Animals Calliphoridae Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Sheep General Veterinary biology business.industry Diptera fungi Domestic sheep reproduction biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Risk factors Spain Insect Science Parasitology Livestock Female Flock business Southeastern Spain |
Zdroj: | Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela instname |
ISSN: | 1365-2915 |
Popis: | Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) is an obligate myiasis-causing fly of livestock that is widely distributed throughout the Mediterranean basin. A total of 73 683 sheep from 122 flocks in Albacete Province (southeastern [SE] Spain) were examined to detect active traumatic myiasis. The influence of several individual and flock factors on the prevalence was also assessed. The overall flock prevalence of traumatic myiasis was 95.9%, with an individual prevalence of 7.1%. Wohlfahrtia magnifica was identified in all of the positive animals except one that was infested by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Adults of both genders showed a higher risk of infestation than juveniles, whereas males of all ages displayed an increased risk of infestation than females of all ages; the existence of a lambing building on the farm, poor husbandry facilities and the location area were also identified as risk factors. Prevalence was highest in the summer, and the fly season lasted from March to November. Genitalia were the main location of infestation in males (94.4%) and females (76.3%). Our results reveal that traumatic myiasis by W. magnifica is widespread in southeastern Spain, hence preventive measures minimizing the attractiveness of sheep to gravid flies are necessary to avoid health and welfare problems and significant production losses in sheep flocks SI |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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