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2. Myiasis - Wikipedia

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   Myiasis (/ maɪ.ˈaɪ.ə.səs / my-EYE-ə-səss[ 1 ]), also known as flystrike or fly strike, is the parasitic infestation of the body of a live animal by fly larvae (maggots) that grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue. Although flies are most commonly attracted to open wounds and urine - or feces -soaked fur, some species (including ...

3. Maggot therapy - Wikipedia

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   Maggot therapy. Maggot therapy (also known as larval therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound (debridement), and disinfection.

4. Flystrike in sheep - Wikipedia

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   Flystrike in sheep is a myiasis condition in which domestic sheep are infected by one of several species of flies that are external parasites of sheep. Sheep are particularly susceptible to flystrike because their thick wool, if sufficiently contaminated with urine and faecal material, can provide effective breeding ground for maggots even in the relative absence of wounds.

5. How To Get Rid Of Fungus Gnats Immediately - AOL

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   Larvae of fungus gnats can be trapped using chunks of raw potato set cut side down on the soil. This is a good way to check pots for larvae and can also be used to trap and dispose of larvae ...

6. Cochliomyia hominivorax - Wikipedia

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   Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screwworm fly, or simply screwworm or screw-worm, is a species of parasitic fly that is well known for the way in which its larvae (maggots) eat the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. It is present in the New World tropics. There are five species of Cochliomyia but only one species of screwworm fly in ...

7. Maggot - Wikipedia

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   Maggots feeding on an opossum carrion Maggots on a porcupine carcass Maggots from a rabbit. Common wild pig (boar) corpse decomposition timelapse. Maggots are visible. A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies, [1] rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and ...