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

Authors

  • 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

DOI:

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

Keywords:

Chronic enteritis, Domestic rabbit, Italy, Lucilia sericata, Urogenital myiasis

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.

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2020-08-31

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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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Vol. 56 No. 3 (2020)

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