Elgin Orçum UZUNLU, Onur CEYLAN, Ceylan İLHAN, Bilal DİK

The first case of traumatic myiasis caused by Musca domestica in a dog in Konya, Turkey

A case of traumatic myiasis caused by the Musca domestica (Linnaeus 1758) housefly was detected in a dog in Konya, Turkey.A 4-year-old Kangal breed dog injured in a traffic accident was brought to the surgery clinic of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicineat Selçuk University in Konya, Turkey for treatment. Several dipterous larvae were collected from the wound of the dog, placed in apetri dish with 70% ethanol, and sent to the parasitology laboratory for identification. The larvae were examined macroscopically. Thespecimens were identified as third-instar larvae of M. domestica. This is the first report of traumatic myiasis caused by M. domestica ina dog in Turkey.

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