Melophagus Ovinus

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Noun1.Melophagus Ovinus - wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattleMelophagus Ovinus - wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
sheep ked, sheep tick, sheep-tick
hippoboscid, louse fly - bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
genus Melophagus, Melophagus - an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked
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Dos casos de infestacion humana producida por Melophagus ovinus (Diptera, Hipobosciidae).
Manuel Edmundo Tantalean Vidaurre
melophagi sequenced from Melophagus ovinus sheep keds (GenBank accession no.
Isolation of candidatus bartonella melophagi from human blood
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