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Is anyone skilled with the treatment for Myiasis?
Myiasis is the medical term for an infestation of fly larvae, either maggots or grubs, on the skin of a living animal, in this case, a dog.
I have taken the dogs from moist environment and already taking precautions to ensure their environment is clean and free from flies but the dog still has infestation on her skin.

where's your location?

durubrian:
where's your location?

Abuja, Nigeria. Do you have any experiences handling Myiasis? You could reply with some laid out steps.

Mooshiwa:
Abuja, Nigeria. Do you have any experiences handling Myiasis? You could reply with some laid out steps.

Abuja don develop na... take your dog to a veterinarian sir.

Mooshiwa:
Is anyone skilled with the treatment for Myiasis?
Myiasis is the medical term for an infestation of fly larvae, either maggots or grubs, on the skin of a living animal, in this case, a dog.
I have taken the dogs from moist environment and already taking precautions to ensure their environment is clean and free from flies but the dog still has infestation on her skin.

You can manually press out the maggots and apply an antiseptic solution like savlon to the lesions if not too many...alternatively, oral or injectable ivermectin from any major pharmacy can kill the maggots, but then you have to watch out for foreign body reaction as the dead maggots will still be in the dog...

Rany4all:
You can manually press out the maggots and apply an antiseptic solution like savlon to the lesions if not too many...alternatively, oral or injectable ivermectin from any major pharmacy can kill the maggots, but then you have to watch out for foreign body reaction as the dead maggots will still be in the dog...

I called in the vet today and he administered shots that would kill the maggots but he said they'd exit the holes without external intervention. He gave me a cream to facilitate with the healing which I'd apply once the holes have been vacated. Please what do foreign body reactions look like and do I have to pull out the maggots myself?

Mooshiwa:
I called in the vet today and he administered shots that would kill the maggots but he said they'd exit the holes without external intervention. He gave me a cream to facilitate with the healing which I'd apply once the holes have been vacated. Please what do foreign body reactions look like and do I have to pull out the maggots myself?

Good to know you consulted your Vet...but i kind of doubt if the maggots will exit on their own without the pore being covered with any oily substance like vaseline or even palm oil while they are still alive, and definitely not if they're already dead.

Foreign body reaction is basically the way the body (human or animal) respond to any foreign material within it and may look like a red & painful swelling, with collection of pus.

No you do not have to pull out the maggots if they are killed by the drug your Vet administered, but some Vets would have also given something like a steroid injection to prevent any foreign body reaction from occurring.