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PAS 1
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Aloe ferox Mill., Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. and Phytolacca heptandra Retz. Used by farmers in south africa to treat maggot infestation
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PAS 2
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Mahadevbhai bhalabhai thakor treat maggot wound in cattle by using worm killer and Damu. Prepared mixture of worm killer and Damu and extract juice from the mixture. Pour this juice along with Damu on the wound. This will force maggots to come out from wound. Usually one application needed.
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Agro Ecological Zone
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Western Plain, Kachchh And Part Of Kathia ( 2.4, 2.3),Gujarat Plains & Hills Region (XIII) ,North West Zone (GJ-5) North Saurashtra (GJ-6)
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Community Practices
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"Juice from the tender leaves of naffatia is mixed with camphor and used for the treatment of maggot infestation. This has been practiced for many years by Ramanbhai Bavabhai Patel in Ahmedabad. Joggapa uses leaves of Erythrina mysorensis and are crushed and mixed with eucalyptus oil. The mixture is applied on the infected part of the animal and the wound is covered with a bandage. After three days the bandage is removed and the wound is pressed softly so that the maggots come out.
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Practice ID
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DTP0010000006201
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Annotation ID
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GIAN/GAVL/1543
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Reference
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HBN database
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Disease
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Maggot wound
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Disease Description
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Maggot infestation is a condition in which the fly maggots feed off and develop in the tissues of living organisms. True myiasis results from flies deliberately laying eggs in or on the tissues. There are two forms of myiasis: obligate, in which it is necessary for the maggots to feed on living tissues and facultative, where flies opportunistically take advantage of wounds or degenerative necrotic conditions as a site in which to incubate their larvae.1 In general obligate myiasis of humans is topical in origin, whereas facultative myiasis can occur anywhere in the world. Majority of flies that are likely to cause myiasis in humans belong either to the blowfly group, family calliphoridae, or the housefly group, family muscidae. Most species causing facultative myiasis in humans are not pathogenic which is why some are used in larval therapy, while obligate parasites range from the essentially begin to the potentially lethal.
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Management Practices
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Surgical debridement, use injection of Lidocaine at base of tissue cavity in which larvae inhibits
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