Epidemiology and genetic analysis of Oestrus ovis from slaughtered sheep in Sulaymaniyah province, Iraq
Aram Ahmad Mohammed
- Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of SulaimaniSulaymaniyah, Iraq
- Department of Medical Laboratory Analysis, College of Health Sciences, Cihan University-SulaimaniyaSulaymaniyah, Iraq
Perfil de Orcid y Taib Ahmed Hama Soor
- College of Health and Medical Technology, Sulaimani Polytechnic UniversitySulaymaniyah, Iraq
- Department of Medical Laboratory Analysis, College of Health Sciences, Cihan University-SulaimaniyaSulaymaniyah, Iraq
Perfil de Orcid 
Publicado en línea: 25 mar 2025
Páginas: 51 - 58
Recibido: 29 sept 2024
Aceptado: 14 mar 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2025-0019
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Introduction
Oestrosis is a type of nasal myiasis that is caused by larvae of flies from the
Material and Methods
The research was conducted in a Sulaymaniyah abattoir from September 2023 to August 2024. The heads of 328 sheep were carefully incised and inspected to record the larvae of
Results
The rate of oestrosis was 22.25% and the disease was significantly (P-value < 0.05) higher in imported breeds (26.50%) than the local breed (15.65%), in adults (26.88%) than in young animals (16.19%), in females (27.05%) than in males (17.08%), and in the summer (34.09%) than in other seasons of the year. Comparison of the sequences of the conservative
Conclusion
A phylogenetic analysis revealed a strong relationship among