@article{Pezzi_Leis_Marchetti_Mamolini_Del Zingaro_Zanardi_Scapoli_Giangaspero_Bonacci_2020, title={Urogenital myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in a domestic rabbit in Italy}, volume={56}, url={https://veterinariaitaliana.izs.it/index.php/VetIt/article/view/2061}, DOI={10.12834/VetIt.2061.10978.2}, abstractNote={<p>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.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Veterinaria Italiana}, author={Pezzi, Marco and Leis, Marilena and Marchetti, Maria Gabriella and Mamolini, Elisabetta and Del Zingaro, Carlo Nicola Francesco and Zanardi, Annagiulia and Scapoli, Chiara and Giangaspero, Annunziata and Bonacci, Teresa}, year={2020}, month={Aug.} }