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Parasitic flies of domestic animals. Many species of flies of the two-winged type, Order Diptera, such as mosquitoes, horse-flies, blow-flies and warble-flies, cause direct parasitic disease to domestic animals, and transmit organisms that cause diseases. These infestations and infections cause distress to companion animals, and in livestock ...
Pages in category "Parasitic flies" The following 86 pages are in this category, out of 86 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abago; Allobosca;
Chordates. Cookiecutter shark. Candiru (vampire fish of Brazil, a facultative parasite) Lampreys. Male Deep sea anglers. False cleanerfish. Hood mockingbird. Oxpeckers (cleaning symbiosis) Snubnosed eel.
brain. culture. unknown, but infection is rare. nasal insufflation of contaminated warm fresh water, poorly chlorinated swimming pools, hot springs, soil. Malaria. Plasmodium falciparum (80% of cases), Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale curtisi, Plasmodium ovale wallikeri, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium knowlesi.
Botfly. Botflies, also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, are a family of flies known as the Oestridae. Their larvae are internal parasites of mammals, some species growing in the host's flesh and others within the gut. Dermatobia hominis is the only species of botfly known to parasitize humans routinely, though other species of ...
1,523 genera. The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachinid flies or simply tachinids.
The article "Parasitic flies of domestic animals" has a diagram of the anatomy of dipteran flies. Most tsetse flies are, physically, very tough. Houseflies, and even horseflies, are easily killed with a flyswatter, for example; a great deal of effort is needed to crush a tsetse fly. [7]
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 ...