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Etiology
Flies from the order Diptera
1. Dipterans with biting mouth parts =these species include black flies, sand flies, biting midges, mosquitos, horse flies, and deer flies. In other species of blood-feeding dipterans, both male and female flies feed on vertebrate blood; these species include stable flies, horn flies, buffalo flies, tsetse flies, sheep keds, and hippoboscid or louse flies.
2. Dipterans with non biting mouth parts
3. Myiasis producing dipterans
Species affected
Many domestic animals
Transmission and pathogenesis
As larvae, dipterans may develop in the subcutaneous tissues of the skin, respiratory passages, or digestive tract of vertebrate hosts and produce a condition known as myiasis.
Clinical signs
-Myiasis
-intermediate hosts for helminth parasites or for protozoan parasites.
-They may also serve as vectors for bacteria, viruses, spirochetes, chlamydiae
Diagnosis
Clinical signs
Treatment and control
Insecticides and lavicidals
Kavungya answered the question on May 6, 2019 at 09:29
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