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Table 5 Cases of myiasis in cats caused by taxa of the families Sarcophagidae and Muscidae

From: Myiasis in domestic cats: a global review

Family

Taxon

Type of myiasis

No. of cases

Sex

Age

Country

References

Sarcophagidae

Sarcophaga sp.

unk

unk

unk

K

Canada

[165]

S. argyrostoma

cut

1

A

Italy

[117]

Wohlfahrtia sp.

unk

unk

unk

K

Canada

[165]

unk

1

unk

unk

USA

[67]

W. magnifica

cut

1

unk

unk

Israel

[119]

oral

1

unk

A

Italy

[161]

W. vigil

cut

4

unk

unk

Canada

[162]

cut

2

unk

K

Canada

[163]

cut

1

unk

K

Canada

[164]

cut

3

unk

unk

USA

J. T. Alfred (pers. comm., 2017)

unk

1

unk

unk

USA

[67]

Muscidae

Musca domestica

resp

1

unk

A

USA

[168]

  1. Abbreviations: cut, cutaneous; resp, respiratory tract; unk, unknown; A, adult; K, kitten