<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper describes the first documented case of cattle grub (hypodermosis) in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina). Subcutaneous warbles were determined in a si x year old Simmental cow, at nine places along the spine. After the extirpation of larvae, based on the morphological characterisation, larvae of the third stage of <italic>Hypoderma bovis</italic> were diagnosed. The cow was administered therapeutic treatment, which had a favorable outcome, with no signs of recurrence. To the authors’ best knowledge, the case described in this paper is the first documented case of hypodermosis in cattle in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina). As the climate changed in the past few decades, it is important to pursue detailed investigations of the prevalence of this parasitic myiasis, as there are few such literature data for the Southern region of Serbia. One should also not ignore the fact that species of the genus <italic>Hypoderma</italic> can cause myiasis in humans as well.</p></abstract>

This paper describes the first documented case of cattle grub (hypodermosis) in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina). Subcutaneous warbles were determined in a si x year old Simmental cow, at nine places along the spine. After the extirpation of larvae, based on the morphological characterisation, larvae of the third stage of Hypoderma bovis were diagnosed. The cow was administered therapeutic treatment, which had a favorable outcome, with no signs of recurrence. To the authors’ best knowledge, the case described in this paper is the first documented case of hypodermosis in cattle in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina). As the climate changed in the past few decades, it is important to pursue detailed investigations of the prevalence of this parasitic myiasis, as there are few such literature data for the Southern region of Serbia. One should also not ignore the fact that species of the genus Hypoderma can cause myiasis in humans as well.

Hypodermosis in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina)

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department for Animal Breeding and Genetics

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology

Macedonian Veterinary Review

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This paper describes the first documented case of cattle grub (hypodermosis) in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina). Subcutaneous warbles were determined in a si x...

Hypodermosis in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina)

Published Online: Mar 15, 2016

Page range: 129 - 133

Received: Aug 21, 2015

Accepted: Dec 15, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/macvetrev-2016-0072

Keywords
bovine, internal myiasis, oestridae, larval stage

© 2016 Zsolt Becskei et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Hypodermosis in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina)

Published Online: Mar 15, 2016

Page range: 129 - 133

Received: Aug 21, 2015

Accepted: Dec 15, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/macvetrev-2016-0072

Keywordsbovine, internal myiasis, oestridae, larval stage

© 2016 Zsolt Becskei et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
bovine, internal myiasis, oestridae, larval stage