The moose throat bot fly <it>Cephenemyia ulrichii </it>larvae (Diptera: Oestridae) found developing in roe deer (<it>Capreolus capreolus</it>) for the first time
<p>Abstract</p> <p>About fifty larvae of <it>Cephenemyia ulrichii </it>Brauer (Diptera: Oestridae), some of them nearly full-grown third instars, were found in the throat of a roe deer (<it>Capreolus capreolus</it>) in June 2007 near Helsinki in Finland. The...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-06-01
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| Series: | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica |
| Online Access: | http://www.actavetscand.com/content/50/1/14 |
| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>About fifty larvae of <it>Cephenemyia ulrichii </it>Brauer (Diptera: Oestridae), some of them nearly full-grown third instars, were found in the throat of a roe deer (<it>Capreolus capreolus</it>) in June 2007 near Helsinki in Finland. The parasite is considered to be host specific, occurring only in the moose (<it>Alces alces</it>), and this paper is apparently the first report of a successful infestation in an aberrant host.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1751-0147 |