Molecular identification of Cordylobia anthropophaga Blanchard (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae collected from dogs (Canis familiaris) in Jos South, Plateau State, Nigeria | Zendy

Ndudim Isaac Ogo | Zendy; Emmanuel Onovoh | Zendy; O.O. Okubanjo | Zendy; Ruth C. Galindo | Zendy; José Manuel Pérez de la Lastra | Zendy; José de la Fuente | Zendy

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Molecular identification of <i>Cordylobia anthropophaga</i > Blanchard (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae collected from dogs (<i>Canis familiaris</i>) in Jos South, Plateau State, Nigeria

Author(s) -

Ndudim Isaac Ogo,

Emmanuel Onovoh,

O.O. Okubanjo,

Ruth C. Galindo,

José Manuel Pérez de la Lastra,

José de la Fuente

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

onderstepoort journal of veterinary research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 2219-0635

pISSN - 0030-2465

DOI - 10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.349

Subject(s) - calliphoridae , forensic entomology , myiasis , larva , veterinary medicine , plateau (mathematics) , polymerase chain reaction , canis , biology , zoology , identification (biology) , ecology , medicine , gene , genetics , mathematical analysis , mathematics

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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