Urogenital myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in a domestic rabbit in Italy.


Journal

Veterinaria italiana
ISSN: 1828-1427
Titre abrégé: Vet Ital
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 0201543

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
31 08 2020
Historique:
received: 05 11 2019
accepted: 18 05 2020
entrez: 5 2 2021
pubmed: 6 2 2021
medline: 20 7 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The report describes a case of urogenital myiasis in a domestic rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus L. (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) caused by Lucilia sericata (Meigen; Diptera: Calliphoridae) in region Emilia-Romagna (Northern Italy). The case, occurring in June 2018, is the first one involving L. sericata as an agent of myiasis in a domestic rabbit in Italy. Species identification was based on morphological investigations of males through identification keys. The rabbit developed the urogenital myiasis as a consequence of chronic enteritis causing an accumulation of faeces in the perianal and perineal region.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33543918
doi: 10.12834/VetIt.2061.10978.2
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

213-215

Auteurs

Marco Pezzi (M)

Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. marco.pezzi@unife.it.

Marilena Leis (M)

Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. marilena.leis@unife.it.

Maria Gabriella Marchetti (MG)

Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. gabriella.marchetti@unife.it.

Elisabetta Mamolini (E)

Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. elisabetta.mamolini@unife.it.

Carlo Nicola Francesco Del Zingaro (CNF)

Veterinary Clinic, Via Reale 124p, 48011, Alfonsine, Ravenna, Italy. dottdelzi@gmail.com.

Annagiulia Zanardi (A)

Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. annagiulia.zanardi@gmail.com.

Chiara Scapoli (C)

Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy. chiara.scapoli@unife.it.

Annunziata Giangaspero (A)

Department of the Sciences of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy. annunziata.giangaspero@unifg.it.

Teresa Bonacci (T)

Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria,Via P. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy. teresa.bonacci@unical.it.

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