Comments on: Dermatobia hominis

By: daco

daco — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:36:49 +0000

Hellova nice picture GAC. Yeah the ole boy was lucky huh…like winning a lottery.

By: GoldenAppleCorp

GoldenAppleCorp — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:46:54 +0000

Dude, there were waaaay worse pictures I could have used. One case study of a larvae being extracted from an eye, for example.

By: daco

daco — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:05:57 +0000

No, this one is fine…thanks.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:46:13 +0000

Fascinating.

By: Mrs. Eaves

Mrs. Eaves — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:50:03 +0000

I’ll be sure to read this one again before breakfast in the morning. Thanks!

By: GoldenAppleCorp

GoldenAppleCorp — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 11:39:40 +0000

I itched so bad after writing that post, I had to take a bath.
Ugh.
Joel’s right, though. As nasty as that sort of stuff is, I find it incredibly fascinating.

By: jonathan hickman

jonathan hickman — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:12:18 +0000

Wait, the doctor *admitted* not knowing something?

Wow. That was an accomplishment all in itself.

By: SuperT

SuperT — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 15:42:21 +0000

Ha!!! I knew the diagnosis! 3.5 years of vet school and 60K in debt later I know something an MD didn’t. You know, real doctors treat more than one species. . .

By: daco

daco — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:03:22 +0000

You’re both off base. The man isn’t an MD, he is a PhD. Glad you got a chuckle though.

By: GoldenAppleCorp

GoldenAppleCorp — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:52:10 +0000

Well, the the doctor’s defense, she’s a back-woods family doc outside of Kingston. She’s been Kathy’s husband’s doctor since he was a babe. Also, she suspected it was some sort of insect, just not what kind.
SuperT, apparently horse botflies can be a real problem. Any of your horses ever have any?

By: daco

daco — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:00:28 +0000

Oops. I was off base. Sorry.

By: SuperT

SuperT — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:03:08 +0000

Ah, horse botflies. Those little bastards lay these tiny little white eggs on the horses hair, the horse licks them off, swallows them, where they hatch into larvae in the stomach and attach themselves to the stomach wall and grow into big plump larvae. Actually found some on a necropsy this afternoon on a 29 year old quarter horse. Doesn’t usually cause them any problems. Jesus, I’m sorry for rambling about that. I’m sure everyone is bored to tears. I do have an ambundance of weird facts crammed into my head right now since I’m studying for my board exam. Sorry.

By: GoldenAppleCorp

GoldenAppleCorp — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:00:25 +0000

Personally, T, I find that kind of stuff icky but interesting.
How long do horses typically live, anyway? 29 seems old.

By: Mrs. Eaves

Mrs. Eaves — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:14:54 +0000

I agree with GAC, SuperT. As much as the botfly photo creeps me out, the whole thing is pretty fascinating.

By: Evan Erwin

Evan Erwin — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 04:50:25 +0000

Grrrroooosss. Lots.

And I thought cysts were bad…

By: crazycatlady

crazycatlady — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:47:48 +0000

I am from Central New York and have seen that totally gross thing in many cats necks. It is so gross and if you don’t it out in time or get it all it will surely kill the cat. GROSS!!!!!