Original scientific paper
OF THE RAT-TAIL MAGOTS (DIPTERA: SYRPHYDAE) FOUND IN THE ORGANS OF DEAD ANIMALS AND FARM ANIMAL HOUSING ENVIRONMENT
Ranka Rajković Janje
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Bara Vinković
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Kristina Matković
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Croatia
Vera Auslender
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Tihomira Gojmerac
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Andrija Čović
; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Cylindrical insect larvae 2-2.5 cm long with a posterior telescopic breathing tube were found in the large intestine of a dead pig and in the lungs of a dead cow. Based on general morphology, the larvae were identified as rat-tail maggots of the genus Eristalis (Diptera: Syrphidae), the agents causing accidental myiasis in animals and humans. Larvae of the same morphological characteristics were detected in the hog pen of a small family farm, creeping along the humid hog pen entrance passage early in the morning. Immobile or slowly moving larvae were found in the dark and dusty corners of the hog pen and in the manure pit outside the hog pen. Based on the characteristic vein pattern, the bee-like flies observed on the vertical wall of the manure pit were identified as the family Syrphidae.
Keywords
pig; cow; rat-tail maggots; Syrphidae; environment
Hrčak ID:
60707
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2010.
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