Veterinary Science & Technology

Morad Moradi Garavand

Publications

• Research Article
  Management and control of an outbreak of fatal truamatic myiasis due to Chrysomya bezziana in a herd of Persian Fallow Deer (Dama dama mesopotamica)
  Author(s): Ehsan Gharib Mombeni, Manoochehr Gharib Mombeini, Ahmadreza Lahijanzadeh, Mostafa Kenarkohi, Seyed Adel Mola, Seyed Kamin Hosseini, Abdul Amir Rezaei, Morad Moradi Garavand and Mehdi KhalajEhsan Gharib Mombeni, Manoochehr Gharib Mombeini, Ahmadreza Lahijanzadeh, Mostafa Kenarkohi, Seyed Adel Mola, Seyed Kamin Hosseini, Abdul Amir Rezaei, Morad Moradi Garavand and Mehdi Khalaj
  
  Cutaneous myiasis caused by the Chrysomya bezziana in Asian and African countries is common in wild and domestic mammals. A herd of Persian fallow deer (n=80, consisting of adult and young male and female animals) with an average age range of 3 months to 6 years was viewed. Observed were 40 deaths putting the heard near to extinction. The animals were found with traumatic cutaneous wounds mostly in one ear, the eyes and head as well as the ventral part of the neck. The ears were necrotised and could no longer remain upright; the wounds were full of maggots of different sizes and stages of development. Based on morphological features, the collected larvae were examined by a central Khuzestan veterinary laboratory and identified as C. bezziana larvae. This is the first ever occurrence of C. bezziana that caused such a population reduction of these wonderful .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000157

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