Only two other cases of myiasis by this species have been reported in Italy in cats, but they were, respectively, an ophthalmic and an auricular one (Pezzi et al., 2017).Ĭase 2. vicina to be described in a cat in Italy. This is the first case of cutaneous myiasis by C. vicina has been reported (Rodríguez & Perez, 1996). Worldwide, only one other case of cutaneous myiasis in cats by C. Based on morphological investigations according to identification keys, the agent of the myiasis was identified as Calliphora vicina Robineau‐Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Species identification, based on morphology of males examined under a Nikon SMZ 800 stereomicroscope (Nikon Instruments Europe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), was carried out according to a specific identification key (Szpila, 2012).Ĭase 1. When adults emerged from puparia, they were immediately exposed to CO 2 to induce torpor, individually transferred to a test tube, painlessly sacrificed by exposure to −20☌ and stored at the same temperature. The remaining larvae were reared to adults in polyethylene boxes, fed with 90g of ground beef and kept at 25 ± 2☌, 50% relative humidity and 16/8 (L/D) photoperiod. After a quick immersion in hot water (about 90☌), five larvae were fixed in 80% ethanol and stored in the same liquid at 4☌. The larvae were brought to the laboratories of the Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara (Ferrara, Italy), for morphological investigations. In both cases, the veterinarian took photographs and placed the live larvae in plastic test tubes sealed with a clean cotton cloth. In this case report, an extensive survey of worldwide literature reporting cases of cutaneous myiasis in these two animal species was performed. Such cases of myiasis encourage more studies in this field and an updating of the number of predisposing conditions and risk factors for the onset of myiasis in pet animals. Here, we describe two cases of cutaneous myiasis in privately owned pets (a cat and a dog). Livestock and wildlife are at greater risk of attack by myiasis‐causing flies than pets however, the latter group of animal species, such as owned cats and dogs, can also be exposed.
Myiasis is classified according to the parasite–host relationship (accidental, facultative or obligatory) and host anatomical localization (auricular, cutaneous, gastrointestinal, ophthalmic, oral and urogenital) (Hall & Smith, 1993 Scholl et al., 2009 Singh & Singh, 2015). A widely accepted definition of myiasis is the infestation of vertebrates by dipteran larvae that feed on living or dead host tissues (Zumpt, 1965).
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