Seasonal prevalence of the larvae of the nasal fly (&lt;em&gt;Cephalopina titillator&lt;/em&gt;) in camels in Jordan

Falah Al-Ani,Zuhair Amr

doi:10.19182/remvt.31196

Abstract

The seasonal prevalence of the larvae of Cephalopina titillator infesting camels was studied at Ramtha slaughterhouse in Jordan. Of the 97 camels examined, 45 were infested (46%). Larvae were found every month of the year with the highest infestation rate in January and the lowest between May and July. The number of recovered larvae ranged from 12 to 113, with an average of 43. Most larvae were attached to the mucosa of the nasopharynx, whereas a few were found in the nasal cavity. Most first-instar larvae were found in the labyrinth of the ethmoid bone, whereas second- and third-instar larvae were mainly seen in the pharyngeal cavity. Degenerated larvae were also observed in the frontal and nasal sinuses.

Highlights

Infestation of camels (Camelus dromedarius ) by the tropical botfly (Cephalopina titillator) as a causative agent of nasal myiasis has been reported from several countries including Iraq (Al-Ani et al, 1991), Libya (Abd El-Rahman, 2010), Saudi Arabia (Banaja and Ghandour, 1994), Sudan (Musa et al, 1989) and Iran (Oryan et al, 2008)
The infestation seasonality of the larval stages of this fly in camels has been studied in Egypt (Ashmawy et al, 1985), Iraq (AbuHab and Al-Affass, 1977), North Sinai (Morsy et al, 1998), Saudi Arabia (Fatani and Hilali, 1994; Alahmed, 2002) and countries of Asia and Africa
In the present paper we studied the prevalence of C. titillator infestation in camels in Jordan

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Introduction

Infestation of camels (Camelus dromedarius ) by the tropical botfly (Cephalopina titillator) as a causative agent of nasal myiasis has been reported from several countries including Iraq (Al-Ani et al, 1991), Libya (Abd El-Rahman, 2010), Saudi Arabia (Banaja and Ghandour, 1994), Sudan (Musa et al, 1989) and Iran (Oryan et al, 2008). Parasitic infections in camels in Jordan have been studied on several occasions and include reports on the presence of C. titillator (Sharrif, et al 1998; Al-Ani et al 1998; Al-Rawashdeh et al, 2000). The infestation seasonality of the larval stages of this fly in camels has been studied in Egypt (Ashmawy et al, 1985), Iraq (AbuHab and Al-Affass, 1977), North Sinai (Morsy et al, 1998), Saudi Arabia (Fatani and Hilali, 1994; Alahmed, 2002) and countries of Asia and Africa. The adult fly lives freely and collects around the head of the camels. It lays its larvae around the nostrils.

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