Wild Animals As Reservoirs of Myiasis-Producing Flies in Man and Domestic Animals in Africa

Wild Animals As Reservoirs of Myiasis-Producing Flies in Man and Domestic Animals in Africa

WILD ANIMALS AS RESERVOIRS OF MYIASIS-PRODUCING FLIES IN MAN AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN AFRICA F. ZUMPT South African Institute for Medical Research SUMMARY The following myiasis-producing flies in man and domestic animals have wild animals as reservoirs: Cordylobia anthropophaga (Blanchard)-Calliphoridae. Cordylobia rodhaini Gedoelst-Calliphoridae. Gasterophilus spp.-Gasterophilidae. Gedoelstia haessleri Gedoelst-Oestridae. Gedoelstia cristata Rodhain and Bequaert-Oestridae. Little is known about wild reservoirs of Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve (Calliphoridae), which nowadays infests mainly cattle, which are to be regarded as the only important reservoirs. Wild hosts, however, must have played a decisive role in the past. Wild reservoirs of the Tumbu fly Cordylobia anthropophaga are mainly rodents; those of Lund's fly Cordylobia rodhaini are small antelopes and the giant rat. Both species are commonly . ) 0 found and are important pests of humans, dogs and several other domestic animals. 1 0 2 There are seven species of equine bot flies Gasterophilus spp. recorded from the Ethiopian d e region, two of them only from zebras. Most probably, however, all species are able to develop t a d in horses and donkeys as well as in zebras, so that the latter form true reservoirs for these ( r parasites. Occasional human skin infestations with first instar larvae (creeping myiasis) are e h s known. i l b Two Gedoelstia spp. are common parasites in the head cavities of wildebeest and harte­ u P beest, but under certain circumstances, the flies larviposit also on sheep, goats, cattle and horses e h t and cause "oculo-vascular myiasis" (uitpeuloog) which is accompanied by a high mortality. y b One case in man is so far recorded and was benign. d e t Oestrus ovis Linnaeus, the sheep nasal bot fly, has no wild reservoirs in Africa, according n a to recent investigations. r g e c n e c i l REFERENCE r e d n u ZUMPT, F. 1965. Myiasis in Man and Animals in the Old World. Butterworth, London. y a w e t a G t e n i b a S Zoologica A/ricana 1 (1): 259 259 y b d e c u d o r p e R.

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