First record of traumatic myiasis obtained from forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii)

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

Benmo Jiang¹  Yunyun Gao²  Liping Yan²  Defu Hu²  Yajun Fu²  Dong Zhang² 

[1] Fengxian Fengchun Jimin Credible Science and Technology Breeding Co., Ltd., Shaanxi, China;School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China;

关键词: Traumatic myiasis;    Wild animal;    Forest musk deer;    DNA barcoding;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Myiasis is an infestation of maggots on living tissue in humans and animals all over the world. It is known to occur in wild animals, while no information is reported in forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii). During our research on the conservation of forest musk deer, we found a new record of traumatic myiasis of an injured forest musk deer. The flies are likely Lucilia caesar (Linnaeus, 1758) according to the results of DNA barcoding technology. We report traumatic myiasis of forest musk deer for the first time, which expands the information on parasite and myiasis of forest musk deer and confirms the potential risk of traumatic myiasis of forest musk deer.

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