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| What are the 3 main fly families causing economically important myiasis in livestock and also occasionally in humans? |
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Definition
Oestroidea
Calliphoridae
Sarcophagidae |
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| Give an example of Accidental myiasis |
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Definition
| when fly eggs or larvae contaminate food ingested by a host animal |
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| Give an example of Facultative Myiasis |
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Definition
| involves larvae which are either free living saprophages or parasites and can exploit living tissue. |
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Term
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Definition
| larvae of the fly species involved are always parasitic require living host for development |
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Term
| What is gastrointestinal myiasis |
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Definition
| fly larvae in the alimentary tract of the host represents the transition from species contaminating host foods to those associated with host secretions |
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