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Definition of Oestrus ovis
1. Noun. Larvae are parasitic on sheep.
Generic synonyms: Botfly
Group relationships: Genus Oestrus, Oestrus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oestrus Ovis
Literary usage of Oestrus ovis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1905)
"oestrus ovis, Linn. In Worcestershire this fly has proved very troublesome, a
correspondent at Aston Fields and another at Bromsgrove having suffered ..."
2. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"0.</>. d. Clinic, 1903, No. 128). So far as is known, the eggs are deposited in
the nasal cavity. [oestrus ovis frequently occurs in man. MM. ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"The history of oestrus ovis, which attacks the sheep, ... It attacks the Red
deer, and its life-history is similar to that of oestrus ovis, though the ..."
4. Sanitary entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"This form is also responsible for cases of myiasis in the eyes of man, the attack
apparently being similar to that of oestrus ovis. Horses are infested by ..."
5. The young farmer's manual: Showing the Practice and Principles of by James Main (1839)
"Black-jack caterpillar, Athalia centifolia. Breeze or gadfly, oestrus ovis.
Grey gadfly, oestrus ovis. Crow, Corvus corona. ..."
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