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**''Musca''
 
**''Musca''
 
**''Sarcophaga spp.''
 
**''Sarcophaga spp.''
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Predisposing factors to flystrike
 
Predisposing factors to flystrike
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**A narrow opening of the penile sheath in rams and wethers may result in accumulation of urine and increase blowfly strike in this area
 
**A narrow opening of the penile sheath in rams and wethers may result in accumulation of urine and increase blowfly strike in this area
 
**Cuts during shearing, fighting and barbed wire will also increase the incidence of blowfly strike
 
**Cuts during shearing, fighting and barbed wire will also increase the incidence of blowfly strike
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Blowfly season
 
Blowfly season
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*Larvae are '''obligate''' parasites
 
*Larvae are '''obligate''' parasites
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'''Recognition'''
 
'''Recognition'''
*Similar to ''Calliphora''
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*Similar to ''Calliphora spp.''
 
**Iridescent
 
**Iridescent
 
**Clear wings
 
**Clear wings
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**Look like screws
 
**Look like screws
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'''Life Cycle'''
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'''Life cycle'''
 
*Eggs laid in wounds or body cavities
 
*Eggs laid in wounds or body cavities
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*Larvae drop to the ground to pupate
 
*Larvae drop to the ground to pupate
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'''Pathogenesis'''
 
'''Pathogenesis'''
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*Cause irritation and pyrexia
 
*Cause irritation and pyrexia
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'''Control'''
 
'''Control'''
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**Sterile males released
 
**Sterile males released
 
**Eradication occurred in 1991
 
**Eradication occurred in 1991
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====Maggot Debridement Therapy====
 
====Maggot Debridement Therapy====
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**Sterile ''Lucilia sericata'' maggots used to treat infected and necrotic wounds  
 
**Sterile ''Lucilia sericata'' maggots used to treat infected and necrotic wounds  
 
**Larvae secrete proteolytic enzymes and antimicrobial agents into the wound
 
**Larvae secrete proteolytic enzymes and antimicrobial agents into the wound
***Larvae do not burrow under the skin or attack healthy tissue
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**Larvae do not burrow under the skin or attack healthy tissue
    
*Veterinary medicine
 
*Veterinary medicine
 
**Published reports rare
 
**Published reports rare
**Recently used successfully to treat a suppurative wound in a donkey that did not respond to conventional methods and surgery
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**Recently used successfully to treat a suppurative wound in a donkey that did not respond to conventional medical methods and surgery
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===''Wohlfahrtia'' sp.===
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===''Wohlfahrtia spp.''===
    
*'''Obligatory''' parasite
 
*'''Obligatory''' parasite
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*Parasite of mink and sometimes humans
 
*Parasite of mink and sometimes humans
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'''Recognition'''
 
'''Recognition'''
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*Black spots on abdomen
 
*Black spots on abdomen
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'''Life Cycle'''
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'''Life cycle'''
 
*Larvae deposited directly onto host
 
*Larvae deposited directly onto host
**No egg stage
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*No egg stage
    
*Larvae moult twice on host then fall to ground to pupate
 
*Larvae moult twice on host then fall to ground to pupate
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'''Pathogenesis'''
 
'''Pathogenesis'''
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