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The human botfly, Dermatobia hominis (Greek δέρμα, skin + βίος, life, and Latin hominis, of a human), is a species of botfly whose larvae parasitise humans (in addition to a wide range of other animals, including other primates [1]).
A botfly, [1] also written bot fly, [2] bott fly [3] or bot-fly [4] in various combinations, is any fly in the family Oestridae. Their life cycles vary greatly according to species, but the larvae of all species are internal parasites of mammals. Largely according to species, they also are known variously as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies.
Myiasis (/ m aɪ. ˈ aɪ. ə. s ə s / 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 that grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue.
The female adult worm is about 30 cm in length, and the male is about 23 cm, ... The infection rate in cats is 1–5% of that in dogs in endemic areas. [38]
The life-cycle is the larviparous type, similar to that of tsetse-flies, few offspring are produced per female but their survival rate is high. [53] In species that never develop wings as adults, such as Melophagus ovinus , the sheep-ked, the fully developed larvae are deposited by the female on the hair coat of the host.
That's not to say that dogs or other mammals can't contract H5N1, it's just hitting cats very hard. "Cats right now have a 67 percent mortality rate," she noted.
Oestrus ovis, the sheep bot fly, is a widespread species of fly of the genus Oestrus. It is known for its parasitic predation and damage to sheep, deer, goats and sometimes cattle. There have also been many records of horse, dog [1] and human infestation. In some areas of the world it is a significant pest which affects the agricultural economy.
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