Molecular identification of <i>Cordylobia anthropophaga</i > Blanchard (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae collected from dogs (<i>Canis familiaris</i>) in Jos South, Plateau State, Nigeria
2012
Ndudim I. Ogo | Emmanuel Onovoh | Oluyinka O. Okubanjo | Ruth C. Galindo | Jose-Manuel P. de la Lastra | Jose de la Fuente
Myiasis-causing larvae were extracted from dogs attending veterinary clinics in Plateau State, Nigeria and subjected to molecular analysis involving polymerase chain reaction amplification of the 28S rRNA gene of blowflies, cloning and sequencing techniques. All larvae were confirmed as Cordylobia anthropophaga Blanchard (Diptera: Calliphoridae) after the initial morphological identification. This is the first molecular identification of any myiasis-causing fly species in Nigeria and may serve as a reliable alternative to morphological identification where samples are not well preserved or difficult to identify to species level.
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