Urogenital myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in a domestic rabbit in Italy

Marco Pezzi; Marilena Leis; Maria Gabriella Marchetti; Elisabetta Mamolini; Carlo Nicola Francesco Del Zingaro; Annagiulia Zanardi; Chiara Scapoli; Annunziata Giangaspero; Teresa Bonacci

doi:10.12834/VetIt.2061.10978.2

Veterinaria Italiana (Aug 2020)

Urogenital myiasis caused by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in a domestic rabbit in Italy

Marco Pezzi,
Marilena Leis,
Maria Gabriella Marchetti,
Elisabetta Mamolini,
Carlo Nicola Francesco Del Zingaro,
Annagiulia Zanardi,
Chiara Scapoli,
Annunziata Giangaspero,
Teresa Bonacci

Affiliations

Marco Pezzi: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Marilena Leis: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Maria Gabriella Marchetti: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Elisabetta Mamolini: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Carlo Nicola Francesco Del Zingaro: Veterinary Clinic, Via Reale 124p, 48011, Alfonsine, Ravenna, Italy
Annagiulia Zanardi: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Chiara Scapoli: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
Annunziata Giangaspero: Department of the Sciences of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25, 71122 Foggia, Italy
Teresa Bonacci: Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria,Via P. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12834/VetIt.2061.10978.2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 56, no. 3

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The report describes a case of urogenital myiasis in a domestic rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus L. (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) caused by Lucilia sericata (Meigen; Diptera: Calliphoridae) in region Emilia-Romagna (Northern Italy). The case, occurring in June 2018, is the first one involving L. sericata as an agent of myiasis in a domestic rabbit in Italy. Species identification was based on morphological investigations of males through identification keys. The rabbit developed the urogenital myiasis as a consequence of chronic enteritis causing an accumulation of faeces in the perianal and perineal region.

Published in Veterinaria Italiana

ISSN: 0505-401X (Print); 1828-1427 (Online)
Publisher: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale
Country of publisher: Italy
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Animal culture: Veterinary medicine
Website: https://www.veterinariaitaliana.izs.it/index.php/VetIt/index

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