Myiasis in domestic cats: a global review

Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Cases of myiasis in cats caused by taxa of the family Oestridae

Taxon	Type of myiasis	No. of cases	Sex	Age	Country	References
Cuterebra sp.	neu	1	unk	unk	USA	[62]
	neu	1	♂	A	USA	[54]
	neu	1	♀	K	USA	[64]
	neu	2	♀	A	USA	[43]
	neu	3	2♀; 1♂	1K; 2A	USA	[65]
	neu	11	6♀; 5♂	A	USA	[44]
	neu	9	5♀; 4♂	7A; 2unk	USA	[45]
	neu	1	♀	A	USA	[47]
	neu	1	♀	A	USA	[50]
	ophth	1	unk	8w to 2y	USA	[42]
	ophth	1	♀	A	USA	[56]
	ophth	1	♀	A	USA	[46]
	ophth	1	♀	A	USA	[48]
	ophth	1	♀	A	USA	[73]
	oral	1	unk	unk	USA	[63]
	oral	1	unk	unk	USA	[51]
	resp	1	unk	unk	USA	[11]
	resp	1	♀	K	USA	[61]
	resp	2	♂	1A; 1K	USA	[57]
	resp	1	♂	A	USA	[59]
	resp	2	1♀; 1♂	A	USA	[60]
	resp	1	♂	A	USA	[74]
	resp	1	♂	A	Canada	[66]
	resp	1	unk	unk	USA	[51]
	cut	1	unk	K	USA	[39]
	cut	2	unk	unk	USA	[11]
	cut	1	unk	unk	USA	[41]
	cut	6	unk	8w to 2y	USA	[42]
	cut	20	unk	unk	USA	[51]
	cut	1	unk	K	USA	[49]
	aur	1	♂	A	USA	[58]
	neu-cut	1	♀	K	USA	[65]
	neu-cut	1	♀	A	USA	[45]
	unk	1	unk	unk	USA	[40]
C. horripilum	cut	2	unk	K	USA	[20]
Dermatobia hominis	cut	1	unk	A	Brazil	[78]
	cut	1	unk	unk	Venezuela	[79]
	cut	1	♀	A	Brazil	[80]
Oestrus ovis	resp	1	♂	A	Australia	[81]
Cuterebrinae	unk	2	unk	1K; 1A	USA	[19]
Oestridae	cut	1	unk	K	USA	[169]
Oestridae	cut	1	unk	unk	Canada	[170]

Abbreviations: neu, neurological; ophth, ophthalmic; cut, cutaneous; resp, respiratory tract; unk, unknown; A, adult; K, kitten; w, weeks; y, years

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