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This 10 oz, 4 week old kitten came in for us to check a wound. On closer inspection it was a Cutarebra larvae! If you look closely in photo 1, you can see the cuterebra in its hole. This one was vvery large, especially in comparison to its kitten host. We love getting these cases in! They are gross yet so cool at the same time! Biology lesson: The Cuterebra bot fly deposits their eggs around nests, burrows, on vegetation. When an animal passes through the contaminated area, the eggs are transferred onto the animal. The eggs hatch into larvae which then enter the body through the outh or nose during grooming. They migrate to various species-specific subutaneous (under the skin) locations of the body.The larvae continue to grow and breathe through a breathing hole in the skin. Approximately, 30 days later the larvae exit the skin to develop into the bot fly.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:39:49 +0000

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