Prevalence and Salient Morphological Features of Myiasis Causing Dipteran Flies in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

A number of dipteran fly species are found in Jeddah with public health and veterinary importance due to their association with myiasis of livestock and humans. Although several reports are available on the myiasis causing flies from different parts of Saudi Arabia very little is known available on prevalence and characterization of these flies from Jeddah Province, which include the major harbour on the Red Sea, western Saudi Arabia and acts the gateway for millions of live animals in the kingdom. Therefore to fill this knowledge gap, the objective of this work is to fill up this gap. For fly survey, the adult flies were collected by the means of Malaise & Bait traps, Yellow traps and sweeping nets from different marked locations including slaughter houses and live animals farms ( Fig.1). The total number of flies from each locality was counted and were sorted for taxonomic species identification using specific pictorial keys.In this study, ten dipteran fly species belonging to six families were identified as causing myiasis on the basis of reported cases in Saudi Arabia. The flies collected during the survey were Megaselia scelaris, Musca domestica, Fanniia canicularis, Sarcophaga haemorrhidalis (Bercaea cruentata); Parasarcophaga ruficarnis, Wohlfahrtia nuba , Chrysomya marginalis C. albicep, C. megacephala, and Oesteris ovis. Among collected flies the highest number were of Musca domestica (67.6%) and the rest were other species. Most of the species were collected from slaughter houses (50%) followed by animal farms (39%). The present study identified a number species of myiasis-causing flies of the public health and veterinary significance, which should inform wider studies on their seasonal abundance, significance and consequent implementation of preventive control measures.

Prevalence Rate and Molecular Characteristics of Oestrus ovis L. (Diptera, Oestridae) in Sheep and Goats from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

“…These percentages were high compared with previous studies in Saudi Arabia [ 26 ], which recorded 5.9% in Riyadh Region and 0.299% from adult O. ovis spp. in Jeddah [ 27 ], but similar to the 53.5% (257/480) reported in the Jazan Region [ 1 ]. Our results were also similar to those reported in Greece (43.2%) [ 28 ], Turkey (22.52%) [ 29 ], and Libya (42.33%) [ 30 ].…”

First Report of Sheep Botfly Oestrus Ovis (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Oestridae) From the Nasal Sinus of Slaughtered Goat in the Republic of Yemen

“…The larvae can also invade humans and causing respiratory and non-respiratory infestations as well as ophthalmomyiasis (Abuelhassan, 2010;Sucilathangam et al, 2013;Sharma, 2018), so it's considered to be zoonotic (Allaie et al, 2016;Al-Antary et al, 2018;Velev and Mikov, 2018;Jenkins and Layton, 2018;D'assumpcao et al, 2019). O. ovis has been reported in many countries both adjacent and non-adjacent to Yemen, including different regions of Saudi Arabia (Omar, 1988;Alahmed, 2000;Sharma, 2018;Alikhan et al, 2018;Metwally et al, 2021), the Sultanate of Oman (Victor and Bhargva, 1998;Abuelhassan, 2010), Egypt (Gaaboub, 1978;Osman, 2010), Sudan (Adam, 2015), and Djibouti (Dorchies et al, 1995). In the past several years, a huge number of livestock, especially sheep and goats, have been exported from African regions including Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti (Alexander, 2006).…”

The family Oestridae in Egypt and Saudi Arabia (Diptera, Oestroidea)

“…The prevalence variation of C. titillator infesting dromedary camels has been studied in the Eastern Province (Fatani and Hilali 1994), Jeddah (Gadallah and Bosly 2006) and Riyadh (Alahmed 2002). Also, the prevalence of O. ovis infesting sheep has been investigated in Asir (Kenawy et al 2014), Jazan (Bosly 2013), Jeddah (Alikhan et al 2018) and Riyadh (Alahmed 2000). Akhter et al (2000) report two cases of cutaneous infestation in a man and a woman caused by Dermatobia hominis in Taif, Saudi Arabia.…”

“…Also, the prevalence of O. ovis infesting sheep has been investigated in Asir ( Kenawy et al 2014 ), Jazan ( Bosly 2013 ), Jeddah ( Alikhan et al 2018 ) and Riyadh ( Alahmed 2000 ). Akhter et al (2000) report two cases of cutaneous infestation in a man and a woman caused by Dermatobia hominis in Taif, Saudi Arabia.…”