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Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis (nose bot fly)

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Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis (also called nose bot) is a species of the genus Gasterophilus that lays eggs on the lips and around the mouth of horses, mules and donkey, but also reindeer. In equidae, third-stage larvae attach to the stomach, but also to rectum, sometimes in great numbers. Heavy infestation can cause anal prolapse in foals and mules. In reindeer, the larvae grow in the sinuses and throat of the host animal, and are sneezed out in the spring. They do not parasitise humans.
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Parasite of 
Equus quagga burchellii (Burchell's zebra)[1]

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1Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0