First report of oestrosis in aoudad from southeastern Spain
Patricia Barroso1, Rocío Ruiz-de-Ybáñez1, Carlos Martínez-Carrasco1
1Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Regional "Campus Mare Nostrum", Universidad de Murcia, Campus Espinardo, E-30100, Murcia, Spain.
Parasitology Research
|May 17, 2017
Abstract:
In spring 2016, we analyzed the skull of 44 aoudads (Ammotragus lervia) from Sierra Espuña Regional Park (SE Spain) for the presence of oestrid larvae. Oestrus ovis larvae were found in 27.3% of sampled hosts, with a mean intensity of 1.5 ± 6.1 larvae/per parasitized host (range 1-21). To our knowledge, this is the first report of oestrosis affecting this host species.


