Philornis sp. bot fly larvae in free living scarlet macaw nestlings and a new technique for their extraction

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Olah, George
Vigo, Gabriela
Ortiz, Lizzie
Rozsa, Lajos
Brightsmith, Donald J

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Bot fly larvae (Philornis genus) are obligate subcutaneous blood-feeding parasites of Neotropical birds including psittacines. We analyze twelve years of data on scarlet macaw (Ara macao) nestlings in natural and artificial nests in the lowland forests of

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Veterinary Parasitology

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2037-12-31