(n.) A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse (Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots) are taken into the stomach of the animal, where they live several months and pass through their larval states. In tropical America one species sometimes lives under the human skin, and another in the stomach. See Gadfly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Larvae of the nasal botfly, Oestrus ovis, were present only from January to July.
(2) We report a case in which the first larval stage of a rodent or rabbit botfly, Cuterebra sp., invaded the anterior chamber, produced a transient iridocyclitis, and adhered to the posterior cornea where it remained as a dead, slightly atrophic body.
(3) Sheep botfly (Oestrus ovis) conjunctival infestation is rare in North America but is common in other parts of the world.
(4) Three patients had conjunctival ophthalmomyiasis caused by the ovine nasal botfly.
(5) We saw two cases of cutaneous myiasis from the larvae of the botfly, Dermatobia hominis.
(6) We saw a 24-year-old man who returned from South America with cutaneous myiasis caused by larvae of the human botfly Dermatobia hominis.
(7) The paper describes the flight periods and dynamics of abundance of horse botflies, life span of females and males, effect of environmental factors on the activity of flies and their behaviour, potential fecundity of different species of botflies, duration of embryonal development, preservation of viability of larvae in egg membranes, localization of different stages of botflies in the host, and methods of their control.
(8) The entire syndrome was subsequently determined to be due to cutaneous myiasis caused by the larvae of Hypoderma lineatum, the cattle botfly.
(9) A case of botfly myiasis occurred in a patient who traveled to Brazil.
(10) Alongside with a high intensity of infection of horses with botfly larvae there was observed mass aberrant parasitism of horse botflies in farms of Astrakhan, Guryev and Uralsk Provinces, and in the Kalmyk ASSR in 1980-1981 and 1987.
(11) The main reasons are as follows: factors depending on the population density at the larval phase, the light day duration within the life cycle of the botfly females.
(12) During the winter months, 2nd and 3rd instar Rhinoestrus antidorcitis and R. vanzyli (nasal botflies) were present.
(13) The flight of the horse botfly begins from the second decade of June and ends in the second decade of September; the flight of the sheep botfly begins in the third decade of June and ends in the first decade of September.
(14) We report a case of cutaneous myiasis caused by the human botfly, Dermatobia hominis, in a soldier who had participated in military operations in Central America.
(15) Presented is a case of acute bilateral conjunctivitis in a healthy 28-year-old man with signs and symptoms resembling those of catarrhal conjunctivitis but resulting from infestation with larvae of the sheep nasal botfly.
(16) The mixed host inflammatory response surrounding the larvae included lymphoblasts, eosinophils, activated fibroblasts, mature histiocytes, mast cells, plasma cells, and Langerhans cells, indicating a complex interactive immunologic response to the botfly parasite.
(17) Infection with this parasite, botfly myiasis, is described in detail.
(18) Gasterophilus intestinalis was the most prevalent and abundant botfly larva recovered.
(19) Botfly infestation was analyzed in 1319 small mammals from varied habitats and elevations in upland Virginia, 1972-1974.
(20) A description of the life cycle of the tropical botfly, Dermatobia hominis, is presented.
Dipterous
Definition:
(a.) Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera.
(a.) Having two wings; two-winged.
Example Sentences:
(1) The complete amino acid sequence of cytochrome c from the Dipterous Ceratitis capitata (serie Acalypterae) has been determined by combining automatic and manual methods of sequence analysis.
(2) Dipterous larvae were found in the appendices from two postmortem examinations.
(3) Blood-sucking dipterous insects, milk yield losses caused by these insects to cows in the pasture and the possibilities of cattle protection against these insects were investigated in the Leningrad region of the USSR in 1982-1984.
(4) Although the 5.8S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) of most eucaryotes consists of 155-170 nucleotides, in two dipterous species the 5.8S rRNA consists of two pieces, 123 and 30 nucleotides in length.
(5) Infestation by this or other dipterous fly larvae should be among the parasitic diseases considered in the differential diagnosis of any patient with similar symptoms.
(6) The inducing effect of saline W was stronger than dipterous Ringer's solution or other physiological salines.
(7) This characteristic has not been described previously for this species or other, higher, dipterous larvae.
(8) Ophthalmomyiasis, infestation of the eye by dipterous fly larvae, may result in sequelae ranging from minor irritation to blindness, disfigurement, and death.
(9) A reliable and stable taxonomic basis is necessary for improvements in the control of secretophagous and blood-sucking flies visiting pastured cattle because the number of these dipterous species is very high; the community differs from area to area; and a better knowledge of the biology of the species can aid the development of more effective control measures.
(10) It was was demonstrated in an experiment that the blood-sucking dipterous insects adversely affected the efficiency of cows on pasture; these cows showed a significantly decreased milk yield and milk fat percentage.
(11) Simuliids are tiny bloodsucking flies, popularly known as blackflies or buffalo flies, belonging to the dipterous family Simuliidae.
(12) Adenylate cyclase activation by GTP and octopamine as well as basal activity (in the presence of Mg2+) have been studied as a function of membrane structure in plasma membranes from brain of the dipterous Ceratitis capitata.
(13) Properties of forskolin activation of adenylate cyclase from central nervous system of the dipterous Ceratitis capitata are described.
(14) Microscopic examination of the maggots revealed that they belonged to Lucilia sericata (a dipterous fly).
(15) Lipid content of purified fatty acid synthetase preparations from the Dipterous Ceratitis capitata correlated with the enzyme activity.
(16) Invasion of the orbit by dipterous fly larvae is a rarely reported from of myiasis.
(17) Man must check, too, if larvae of Myiodactylidae are quick enough for catching Dipters beginning to fly very suddenly.
(18) Ophthalmomyiasis is a rare entity caused by infestation with certain dipterous larvae.
(19) Trophic behaviour of low dipterous hematophages and gonotrophic harmony peculiar to them can be traced from entomophagy, that is from the predatory mode of life on account of small insects.
(20) A foul odour, accompanied with the presence of dipterous larvae on and in decaying tissues, are the characteristic symptoms of this disease.