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  2. Myiasis - Wikipedia

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    Maggot therapy – also known as maggot debridement therapy (MDT), larval therapy, larva therapy, or larvae therapy – is the intentional introduction by a health care practitioner of live, disinfected green bottle fly maggots into the non-healing skin and soft tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of selectively cleaning ...

  3. Texas warning of "maneater" screwworms that lay eggs in flesh

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    The Texas parks department says the maggots will lay eggs in "open wounds or orifices of live tissue such as nostrils, eyes or mouth." Such an infestation is known as New World screwworm myiasis.

  4. Casu martzu - Wikipedia

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    Casu martzu is considered by Sardinian aficionados to be unsafe to eat when the maggots in the cheese have died. [11] Because of this, only cheese in which the maggots are still alive is usually eaten, although allowances are made for cheese that has been refrigerated, which results in the maggots being killed. [11]

  5. Chrysomya rufifacies - Wikipedia

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    In many countries, especially Australia, C. rufifacies maggots are known to cause skin and underlying tissue damage of sheep; this processes is known as "sheep strike" and results in economic loss. [9] Typically, economic damage inflicted by these maggots occurs as cutaneous myiasis on ovine livestock. Periodic oviposits on improperly cleaned ...

  6. Family live with sewage spills and maggots in 'horrific ... - AOL

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    There are maggots in the kitchen, and mould and damp throughout the house, including the children's bedrooms. The windows are stuffed with bin bags as they do not close properly.

  7. Maggots from rotten fish in overhead bin fall on passenger ...

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    Maggots — the larvae of flies — were found falling from a bag carrying an apparently rotten fish on Delta Flight 133 on Tuesday, a passenger said. Maggots, which are small and wormlike, are ...

  8. Housefly - Wikipedia

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    The antimicrobial peptides produced by housefly maggots are of pharmacological interest. [67] In the 1970s, the aircraft modeler Frank Ehling constructed miniature balsa-wood aircraft powered by live houseflies. [68] Studies of tethered houseflies have helped in the understanding of insect vision, sensory perception, and flight control. [69]

  9. Disturbing video shows hundreds of maggots removed from ... - AOL

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    By RYAN GORMAN Horrifying video has emerged of doctors pulling maggots out of a man's ear. The unidentified Indian man went to a doctor's office to complain about hearing a non-stop buzzing sound.