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Online Journal of
Veterinary Research©
Volume 18(11): 900-904, 2014.
Myiasis (Lucilia sericata) in a desert hedgehog (Hemichinus aethiopicus)
Mahdieh Rezaei1DVM,
DVSc; Sadaf Sabzevari
2 DVM, PhD; Saied Reza Nourollahi Fard3
DVM, PhD; Mehdi Saberi1,* DVM, DVSc
1Department of Clinical
Science, 3 Pathobiology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of
Kerman, 2Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
ABSTRACT
Rezaei M, Sabzevari S, Nourollahi
Fard SR, Saberi M., Myiasis (Lucilia sericata) in a desert hedgehog (Hemichinus
aethiopicus), Onl J Vet
Res., 18(11): 900-904, 2014. We report a case of myiasis in a desert hedgehog (Hemichinus aethiopicus) with numerous live maggots in a foot wound. The animal was admitted
due to lethargy, weakness and anorexia. Larvae instars taken from the wound
were cleared and fixed. Morphological studies revealed that the larvae were Lucilia sericata from the Calliphoridae genus. To authors knowledge this is a first report of
such a finding in a hedgehog.
Keywords: Myiasis, Lucilia sericata, Desert
hedgehog,
Hemichinus aethiopicus, Iran.
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