sheep botfly

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Noun1.sheep botfly - larvae are parasitic on sheepsheep botfly - larvae are parasitic on sheep  
Oestrus ovis, sheep gadfly
botfly - stout-bodied hairy dipterous fly whose larvae are parasites on humans and other mammals
genus Oestrus, Oestrus - type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies
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Poggi et al., "Three cases of ophthalmomyiasis externa by sheep botfly Oestrus ovis in Italy," New Microbiologica, vol.
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External ophthalmomyiasis which was caused by sheep botfly (Oestrus ovis) larva: a report of 10 cases.
Clustered cases of oestrus ovis ophthalmomyiasis after 3-week Festival, Marseille, France, 2013
Ophthalmomyiasis externa due to the sheep botfly Oestrus ovis in South-West Germany.
A case of external ophthalmomyiasis in semi urban area in Bangalore
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