The genus Gasterophilus in the horse in New Zealand

Authors: Kettle PR
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 22, Issue 4, pp 43-45, Apr 1974
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse, Livestock
Subject Terms: Abdomen, Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Ear/nose/throat, Disease/defect, Parasites - internal, Respiratory system
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract: General interest in horse bots was first aroused in New Zealand during the summer of 1890-91 (Anon, 1891). Morgan (1892) tentatively identified specimens in his possession as being Oestrus gasterophilus equis (= G. intestinalis De Geer). Specimens were identified as Gasterophilus nasalis Linnaeus by Ormerod (1893) and Riley (1893). Deaths were attributed to them and a controversy raged until McClean ( 1893) placed the “bot” in perspective: “I . . . believe that many of the horses reported to have died from ‘bots` have in reality died from other causes, but these causes not being so evident as the presence of the larvae of the bot fly, have been overlooked, and to the ‘bot` has been attributed the cause of the mortality”…

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