Myiasis has since been defined as 'the infestation of live vertebrate animals with dipterous larvae, which, at least for a certain period, feed on the host's dead or living tissue, liquid body ...

How it happens Myiasis happens when certain fly species lay their eggs near wounds or other moist openings in another animal's body. Female flies lay up to 300 eggs at a time in a warm ...

Myiasis, a highly painful disease characterized ... a veterinarian with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service at the time. The screwworm’s life cycle is about 24 days.