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. 2019 Jul 29;12:372. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3618-1

Table 3.

Cases of myiasis in cats caused by taxa of the family Calliphoridae

Taxon Type of myiasis No. of cases Sex Age Country References
Cochliomyia sp. cut 1 unk A USA [10]
Cochliomyia hominivorax ophth 1 A Brazil [88]
oral 1 A Brazil [88]
cut 2 unk unk USA [92]
cut 3 unk unk USA [93]
cut 2 unk unk Trinidad and Tobago [94]
cut 2 unk unk Jamaica [95]
cut 1 unk unk Argentina [171]
cut 9 unk unk Argentina [96]
cut 10 1♀; 9♂ A Brazil [88]
cut 5 A Brazil [90]
cut-oral-resp 1 A Brazil [89]
unk unk unk unk USA [172]
unk 2 unk unk Curaçao [173]
unk unk unk unk Brazil [86]
unk >152 unk unk Brazil [87]
unk 1 unk unk Brazil [91]
unk 2 unk unk USA [85]
Chrysomya bezziana cut 21 3♀; 18♂ 1K; 20A Malaysia [100]
unk unk unk unk Papua New Guinea [97]
unk 1 unk unk Papua New Guinea [98]
unk 4 unk unk Sri Lanka [99]
Lucilia sericata ophth 1 unk A Turkey [120]
cut 1 unk unk Germany [111]
cut 1 unk Argentina [125]
cut 10 unk unk Argentina [96]
cut 1 unk unk Israel [119]
cut 2 1unk; 1♀ unk Malta [115]
cut 2 A Italy [117]
cut 1 A Turkey [121]
cut 1 unk Turkey [123]
urog 1 unk USA [124]
urog 1 A Turkey [118]
urog 1 A Turkey [122]
gastr 1 unk unk Italy [108]
gastr 2 unk unk Israel [119]
unk unk unk unk Austria [113]
cut-gastr-urog 4 unk unk Austria [112]
Calliphora vicina cut 3 A Spain [134]
aur 1 unk K Italy [117]
Phormia regina cut-aur-gastr 3 unk K Turkey [144]
Lucilia eximia cut 1 K Brazil [146]
Lucilia caesar unk unk unk unk Austria [113]
Lucilia coeruleiviridis unk 1 unk K USA [154]
Lucilia sp. unk unk unk unk Canada [174]

Abbreviations: urog, urogenital; gastr, gastrointestinal; aur, auricular; ophth, ophthalmic; cut, cutaneous; resp, respiratory tract; unk, unknown; A, adult; K, kitten