RT Journal Article
T1 Traumatic myiasis by Wohlfahrtia magnifica in sheep flocks from southeastern Spain: prevalence and risk factors
A1 Remesar Alonso, Susana
A1 Otero Primo, José Luis
A1 Panadero Fontán, Rosario
A1 Díez Baños, Pablo
A1 Díaz Fernández, Pablo
A1 García-Dios, David
A1 Martínez Calabuig, Néstor
A1 Morrondo Pelayo, María Patrocinio
A1 Alonso de Vega, Francisco Domingo
A1 López Novo, Cynthia
K1 Wohlfahrtia magnifica
K1 Myiasis
K1 Risk factors
K1 Sarcophagidae
K1 Sheep
K1 Southeastern Spain
AB Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) is an obligate myiasis-causing fly of livestock that is widely distributed throughout the Mediterranean basin. A total of 73 683 sheep from 122 flocks in Albacete Province (southeastern [SE] Spain) were examined to detect active traumatic myiasis. The influence of several individual and flock factors on the prevalence was also assessed. The overall flock prevalence of traumatic myiasis was 95.9%, with an individual prevalence of 7.1%. Wohlfahrtia magnifica was identified in all of the positive animals except one that was infested by Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Adults of both genders showed a higher risk of infestation than juveniles, whereas males of all ages displayed an increased risk of infestation than females of all ages; the existence of a lambing building on the farm, poor husbandry facilities and the location area were also identified as risk factors. Prevalence was highest in the summer, and the fly season lasted from March to November. Genitalia were the main location of infestation in males (94.4%) and females (76.3%). Our results reveal that traumatic myiasis by W. magnifica is widespread in southeastern Spain, hence preventive measures minimizing the attractiveness of sheep to gravid flies are necessary to avoid health and welfare problems and significant production losses in sheep flocks
PB Wiley
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29127
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29127
LA eng
NO Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2022) 36, 30–37.  https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12548
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026