Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis
| Lip botfly | |
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| Species: | G. haemorrhoidalis
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| Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis | |
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Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis (also called nose botfly or lip botfly) is a species of the genus Gasterophilus that lays eggs on the lips and around the mouth of horses, mules and donkeys.
In Equidae, third-stage larvae attach to the stomach, but also to the rectum, sometimes in great numbers.[1] Heavy infestation can cause anal prolapse in foals and mules.
They do not parasitise humans.
References
- ^ Johannes Kaufmann, Parasitic Infections of Domestic Animals, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Boston, Berlin, 1996, ISBN 3-7643-5115-2.
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