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FLY STRIKE [1 record]

Record 1 2008-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
DEF

The presence of the maggots of flies in the living bodies of man or animals.

OBS

The myiasis-producing flies are now usually divided into three groups: specific, semi-specific, and accidental.

Key term(s)
  • myaesis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
DEF

Lésion de la peau ou des cavités naturelles de l'homme ou des animaux, provoquée par des larves de mouches vivant habituellement ou accidentellement en parasites.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
DEF

Parasitismo causado por larvas de dípteros a los animales domésticos, silvestres y el hombre.

CONT

Las miasis pueden ser obligatorias o facultativas. Son obligatorias si la larva es un parásito que necesita tejidos vivos para desarrollarse; son facultativas si la larva normalmente vive en cadáveres o vegetales en descomposición pero puede desarrollarse en tejidos inflamados o necróticos de un vertebrado vivo.

OBS

Las miasis de acuerdo a su ubicación se clasifican en: cutánea, cavitaria e intestinal.

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