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Cows with blocked nasal passages?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bright Raven" data-source="post: 1508658" data-attributes="member: 27490"><p>The parasites in the nasal cavity you observed are nasal bots. In an undergraduate Parasitology class my project was collecting bots from a horse. There are nasal bots, stomach bots and intestinal bots. For reference, the ones you observed are likely as follows:</p><p></p><p><u>Oestrus ovis, the sheep bot fly, is a widespread species of fly of the genus Oestrus. It is known for its parasitic predation and damage to sheep, deer, goats and sometimes cattle.</u></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bright Raven, post: 1508658, member: 27490"] The parasites in the nasal cavity you observed are nasal bots. In an undergraduate Parasitology class my project was collecting bots from a horse. There are nasal bots, stomach bots and intestinal bots. For reference, the ones you observed are likely as follows: [u]Oestrus ovis, the sheep bot fly, is a widespread species of fly of the genus Oestrus. It is known for its parasitic predation and damage to sheep, deer, goats and sometimes cattle.[/u] [/QUOTE]
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