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Myiasis in domestic animals: new records of calyptrate Diptera

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This paper reports one case of wound myiasis by Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Diptera, Calliphoridae) that occurred in a goat and three cases of vaginal myiasis, five cases of cutaneous myiasis and one case of hoof myiasis in goat, buffalo and bull respectively by Seniorwhitea reciproca (Diptera, Sarcophagidae), for the first time in West Bengal, India.

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The author is thankful to Dr. Thomas Pape, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark for valuable suggestions about the manuscript & to the University Grants Commission, Govt. of India for financial assistance and to the Head of the Department of Zoology, Sonamukhi College for laboratory facilities.

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  1. Medical Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Sonamukhi College, Sonamukhi, 722207, West Bengal, India

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Sinha, S.K. Myiasis in domestic animals: new records of calyptrate Diptera. J Parasit Dis 36, 277–279 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-012-0109-0

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