The first case of traumatic myiasis caused by Musca domestica in a dog in Konya, Turkey

Authors

BİLAL DİK
CEYLAN İLHAN
ONUR CEYLAN
ELGİN ORÇUM UZUNLU

DOI

10.3906/vet-1803-65

Abstract

A case of traumatic myiasis caused by the Musca domestica (Linnaeus 1758) housefly was detected in a dog in Konya, Turkey. A 4-year-old Kangal breed dog injured in a traffic accident was brought to the surgery clinic of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Selçuk University in Konya, Turkey for treatment. Several dipterous larvae were collected from the wound of the dog, placed in a petri dish with 70% ethanol, and sent to the parasitology laboratory for identification. The larvae were examined macroscopically. The specimens were identified as third-instar larvae of M. domestica. This is the first report of traumatic myiasis caused by M. domestica in a dog in Turkey.

Keywords

Diptera, housefly, myiasis, Musca domestica, dog

First Page

492

Last Page

495

Recommended Citation

DİK, BİLAL; İLHAN, CEYLAN; CEYLAN, ONUR; and UZUNLU, ELGİN ORÇUM (2018) "The first case of traumatic myiasis caused by Musca domestica in a dog in Konya, Turkey," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 42: No. 5, Article 18. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1803-65
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol42/iss5/18