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Urogenital myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in a domestic rabbit in Italy
Vol. 56 No. 3 (2020), Case report
Vol. 56 No. 3 (2020)

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

Case report
https://doi.org/10.12834/VetIt.2061.10978.2
Published 2020-08-31
Marco Pezzi
Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Marilena Leis
Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Maria Gabriella Marchetti
Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Elisabetta Mamolini
Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Carlo Nicola Francesco Del Zingaro
Veterinary Clinic, Via Reale 124p, 48011, Alfonsine, Ravenna, Italy
Annagiulia Zanardi
Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Chiara Scapoli
Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Annunziata Giangaspero
Department of the Sciences of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy
Teresa Bonacci
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria,Via P. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy
VetIt.2061.10978.2

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Keywords

Chronic enteritis
Domestic rabbit
Italy
Lucilia sericata
Urogenital myiasis

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Pezzi, M., Leis, M., Marchetti, M. G., Mamolini, E., Del Zingaro, C. N. F., Zanardi, A., Scapoli, C., Giangaspero, A., & Bonacci, T. (2020). Urogenital myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in a domestic rabbit in Italy. Veterinaria Italiana, 56(3). https://doi.org/10.12834/VetIt.2061.10978.2
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Abstract

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.

https://doi.org/10.12834/VetIt.2061.10978.2
VetIt.2061.10978.2

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