First report of warble fly infestation in markhor, Capra falconeri

Ángeles Sáez-Ventura; Gracia M. Liébanas; Antonio Sánchez; Ismoil Kholmatov; Stéphane Ostrowski; Jesús M. Pérez

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (Apr 2025)

First report of warble fly infestation in markhor, Capra falconeri

Ángeles Sáez-Ventura,
Gracia M. Liébanas,
Antonio Sánchez,
Ismoil Kholmatov,
Stéphane Ostrowski,
Jesús M. Pérez

Affiliations

Ángeles Sáez-Ventura: Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, S.n., 23071, Jaén, Spain
Gracia M. Liébanas: Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, S.n., 23071, Jaén, Spain
Antonio Sánchez: Departamento de Biología Experimental, Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, S.n., 23071, Jaén, Spain
Ismoil Kholmatov: Tajikistan Nature Foundation, 130 Ayni Street, 734006, Dushanbe, Tajikistan; National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Institute of Zoology and Parasitology, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Stéphane Ostrowski: Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Souther Blvd, 10460, Bronx, New York, USA
Jesús M. Pérez: Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, S.n., 23071, Jaén, Spain; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26
p. 101029

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In December 2023, 35 third-instar larvae were collected from subcutaneous granulomatous cysts in a free-ranging markhor (Capra falconeri) hunted in the Dashtijum region of the Khazratishoh mountain range, Tajikistan. The larvae were identified as those of Przhevalskiana silenus (Diptera: Oestridae: Hypodermatinae). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an oestrid fly infestation in this host species.

Published in International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

ISSN: 2213-2244 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-for-parasitology-parasites-and-wildlife/

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