Field surveys for flies larvae causing traumatic myiasis of sheep and cows in centre of Iraq

The results indicated that there were infections in cows and sheep to centre of Iraq, Wasit Governorate: Essaouira, Al-Hafriya and Al-Aziziya district in 2014, 2015 and 2016. There were clear differences in the number of infections from year to year with superiority of 2014, where 13 and 24 infections were recorded in cows and sheeps, respectively. Highest rate of infections was in sheep with a total of 33 cases from three districts, while the number of infections were 19 in the cows. Infections were reported from all areas with different percentages, the highest was in Al-Aziziya at rate of 15 infections in Cows and 18 infections in sheep for three years followed by Al-Hafriya and Essaouira. Low correlation was found between the number of infections and the average temperature and relative humidity during all periods and in all investigated areas.