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bot·fly

(bot'flī),
Robust, hairy fly of the order Diptera, often strikingly marked in black and yellow or gray, the larvae of which produce a variety of myiasis conditions in humans and various domestic animals, especially herbivores.
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warble fly

n.
Any of several large hairy flies of the family Oestridae, especially of the genus Hypoderma, whose eggs, which are laid on the lower body and legs of cattle and certain other mammals, hatch into larvae that form warbles under the skin. Also called heel fly.
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Epidemiology and aetiologyof bovine hypodermosis in north western Romania.In Improvements in the control methods for warble fly incattle and goats (D.W.
Goat warble fly, Przhevalskianasilenus (Brauer), (Diptera: Oestridae) in Saudi Arabia.
70% depending upon the numbers of holes formed by the larvae of warble fly (Anonymous, 2008).
The poor quality of hide and skin is the most important constraint affecting the marketing of hides and skins which is due to warble fly infestation along with other factors including poor flaying techniques and improper preservation (Shafiq and Kakar, 2006).
Purdey told the Inquiry that the warble fly pesticide was the cause of BSE.
A new warble fly campaign is already underway in France, using the very same pesticide that Purdey and others say is the real cause of BSE.
Prevalence of warble fly infestation in buffalo in Chakwal Punjab.
Prevalence of goat warble fly Przhevalskiana silenus in south eastern of Iran.
Warble fly causes infection in goats, buffaloes and cattle in hilly and semi-hilly areas of the Pakistan (Shah et al., 1981; Ayaz and Khan, 1999).
No samples were confirmed to be warble fly positive.
Both the dip and the warble fly dressing contained organo phosphorous (OP).
Warble fly is an insect, which parasitically infects cattle, although horses and deer can also occasionally be affected in endemic areas.
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