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Cuterebriasis is a parasitic disease affecting rodents, lagomorphs (hares, rabbits, pikas), felines, and canines.The etiologic agent is the larval development of botflies within the Cuterebra or Trypoderma genera, which occurs obligatorily in rodents and lagomorphs, respectively.
Cuterebra, or rodent bots, is a genus of bot flies that attack rodents and similar animals. Etymology. The genus name Cuterebra is a blend of the Latin words cutis ...
Cuterebra fontinella, the mouse bot fly, is a species of New World skin bot fly in the family Oestridae. C. fontinella is typically around 1 cm (0.39 in) in length with a black and yellow color pattern. [ 2 ]
A warble is a skin lump or callus such as might be caused by an ill-fitting harness, or by the presence of a warble fly maggot under the skin. The human botfly, Dermatobia hominis , is the only species of botfly whose larvae ordinarily parasitise humans, though flies in some other families episodically cause human myiasis and are sometimes more ...
The genus Cuterebra, or rodent bots, attack rodents and similar animals. The other genus, Dermatobia, attacks primates, including humans. Cuterebra larva and adult.
Warble fly is a name given to the genus Hypoderma: large flies which are parasitic on cattle and deer. Other names include "heel flies", "bomb flies" and "gadflies", while their larvae are often called "cattle grubs" or "wolves."
Cuterebra; Cuterebra abdominalis; Cuterebra albipilosa; ... Warble fly This page was last edited on 30 October 2015, at 07:27 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Cuterebra approximata is a species of new world skin bot fly in the family Oestridae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The larvae are typically parasites of Peromyscus maniculatus . Larvae typically go through three instars before emerging from the host to pupate in the morning.