**Furuncular Myiasis Caused by the Human Botfly,Dermatobia hominis, in the Domestic Rabbit**

Case Report

Verocai, G. G. MSc
Fernandes, J. I. MSc
Ribeiro, F. A. DVM
Melo, R. M.P.S. MSc
Correia, T. R. PhD
Scott, F. B. PhD

^aCurso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias Department of Animal Parasitology, Veterinary Institute, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, CNPq Scholarship, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
^bVeterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Pibic/CNPq Scholarship, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
^cCurso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias Department of Animal Parasitology, Veterinary Institute, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, CAPES Scholarship, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
^dPost-doctoral student, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
^eDepartamento de Parasitologia Veterinária, Veterinary Institute, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Address correspondence to: G. G. Verocai, BR 465, Km 7 PSA/UFRRJ, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. E-mail:[email protected].

Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine 18(2):p 153-155, April 2009.

Abstract

The human botfly,Dermatobia hominis(Linnaeus Jr., 1781) (Diptera: Cuterebridae), is geographically found throughout Neotropical America, is considered the major causal agent of furuncular myiasis. This parasite generates considerable damage in affected livestock. Its low host specificity leads to reports of parasitism in several domestic species. The goal of the present study is to report a case of natural infestation by the human botfly (D. hominis) in the domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).