Review on: Abundance and Distiribution of Flies Affecting Domestic Animals Including Chickens in Ethiopia

Abstract

Order dipteria of class Insect is of immense importance for animal health. Many dipterian flies are potential vectors of dreadful diseases.The present review fulfills the need and focus on abundance and distribution of dipterian flies in Ethiopia. Ten families of dipterian flies are found in Ethiopia. There is occurrence of six Stomoxys species namely S. calcitrans, S. sitiens, S. niger, S. ochrosoma, S. inornatus and S. taeniatus and four tsetse species namely G. m. submorsitans, G. pallidipes, G. tachinoides and G. f. fuscipes are found in Ethiopia. Mosquitoes and House-flies are cosmopolitan everywhere in the world including Ethiopia. In Hippoboscidae (Louse-flies and forest ked),Melophagus ovinus species is common which reduces production and productivity of sheep. Horse-flies are blood sucking and found worldwide, except for the Polar Regions. Lutzomyia sandflies are notorious as transmitters of skin and visceral leishmaniasis in humans and domestic animals.In Biting midges,C. imicola is widely distributed across most sub Saharan African countries except some Central African countries namely Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Republic of Congo