Flies Flashcards
Define myiases.
Infestation of larval stages of dipterous flies/maggots/grubs in tissues they feed on.
What distinguishes the oestridae fly family?
Obligate
Causes myiases
Name the 3 species in the oestridae family?
Oestrus
Gasterophilus
Hypoderma
What is the common name for oestrus ovis?
Sheep nasal bot fly
What is the lifecycle of oestrus ovis?
- Fly squirt larva into nasal openings
- Migrate up nasal passages
- Moult and grow
- Larvae drop to the ground
- Pupa
- Adult
What is the lifecycle of gasterophilus species?
- Eggs on hairs of limbs and around mouth of horses
- Larva
- Migrate towards mouth or picked up in grooming
- Migrate through soft tissues in the mouth
- Swallowed
- Attach to stomach mucosa for 1-12 months
- Passed in faeces
- Pupa
- Adult
What is a risk of gasterophilus species?
May impact on digestion
How are gasterophilus species managed?
Highly susceptible to macrocytic lactones
What is the common name for hypoderma species?
Warble fly
What is the lifecycle of hypoderma species?
- Eggs laid on cattle (deer, reindeer)
- Larva
- Penetrate skin through hair follicles
- Migrate
- Quiescent in spinal cord epidural space or oesophagus smooth muscle
- Migrate to dorsal trunk skin
- Warble lesions
- Grow
- Moult to complete lifecycle
What is the common name for lucilia sericata?
Greenbottle fly
What does Lucilia sericata cause in which animal?
Myiasis in sheep
Associated blowfly strike
What is the lifecycle of lucilia sericata?
- Eggs on damaged or soiled skin
- Larva
- Feed for 3 days
- Disperse
What are the factors associated with fly strike associated with lucilia sericata?
- Starch diets > diarrhoea > attracts flies
- Reduced grooming behaviours due to dental disease for example
- If the rabbit cannot remove faecal matter > attract flies
Describe characteristics of species in the hippoboscidae family.
- No wings
- Spend entire life on host feeding
- Don’t lay eggs but produce larva > pupa > adults
Name 2 species in the hippoboscidae family.
Melophagus ovinus/sheep ked
Hippobosca equina/forest fly
What are the hosts of melophagus ovinus?
Sheep, goats
What is caused by melophagus ovinus?
Contagious
Discomfort, restlessness