PMID- 26669823
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170918
LR  - 20171121
IS  - 1365-2915 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-283X (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 2
DP  - 2016 Jun
TI  - The urticating setae of Ochrogaster lunifer, an Australian processionary 
      caterpillar of veterinary importance.
PG  - 241-5
LID - 10.1111/mve.12156 [doi]
AB  - The bag-shelter moth, Ochrogaster lunifer Herrich-Schaffer (Lepidoptera: 
      Notodontidae), is associated with a condition called equine amnionitis and fetal 
      loss (EAFL) on horse farms in Australia. Setal fragments from O. lunifer larvae 
      have been identified in the placentas of experimentally aborted fetuses and their 
      dams, and in clinical abortions. The gregarious larvae build silken nests in 
      which large numbers cohabit over spring, summer and autumn. The final instars 
      disperse to pupation sites in the ground where they overwinter. Field-collected 
      O. lunifer larvae, their nests and nearby soil were examined using light and 
      electron microscopy to identify setae likely to cause EAFL and to determine where 
      and how many were present. Microtrichia, barbed hairs and true setae were found 
      on the exoskeletons of the larvae. True setae matching the majority of setal 
      fragments described from equine tissue were found on third to eighth instar 
      larvae or exuviae. The number of true setae increased with the age of the larva; 
      eighth instars carried around 2.0-2.5 million true setae. The exuvia of the 
      pre-pupal instar was incorporated into the pupal chamber. The major sources of 
      setae are likely to be nests, dispersing pre-pupal larvae and their exuviae, and 
      pupal chambers.
CI  - (c) 2015 The Royal Entomological Society.
FAU - Perkins, L E
AU  - Perkins LE
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2098-1112
AD  - School of Biological Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 
      Australia.
FAU - Zalucki, M P
AU  - Zalucki MP
AD  - School of Biological Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 
      Australia.
FAU - Perkins, N R
AU  - Perkins NR
AD  - AusVet Animal Health Services, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
AD  - Equine Research Unit, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of 
      Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.
FAU - Cawdell-Smith, A J
AU  - Cawdell-Smith AJ
AD  - Equine Research Unit, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of 
      Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.
FAU - Todhunter, K H
AU  - Todhunter KH
AD  - Vetnostics, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia.
FAU - Bryden, W L
AU  - Bryden WL
AD  - Equine Research Unit, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of 
      Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia.
FAU - Cribb, B W
AU  - Cribb BW
AD  - School of Biological Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 
      Australia.
AD  - Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 
      Queensland, Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20151216
PL  - England
TA  - Med Vet Entomol
JT  - Medical and veterinary entomology
JID - 8708682
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Chorioamnionitis/etiology/*veterinary
MH  - Female
MH  - Horse Diseases/*etiology
MH  - Horses
MH  - Larva/anatomy & histology/growth & development/physiology
MH  - Moths/*anatomy & histology/growth & development/*physiology
MH  - New South Wales
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Pupa/anatomy & histology/growth & development/physiology
MH  - Queensland
MH  - Sensilla/physiology
MH  - Victoria
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Lepidoptera
OT  - Notodontidae
OT  - Thaumetopoeidae
OT  - bag-shelter moth
OT  - equine amnionitis and fetal loss (EAFL)
OT  - true setae
EDAT- 2015/12/17 06:00
MHDA- 2017/09/19 06:00
CRDT- 2015/12/17 06:00
PHST- 2015/05/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/08/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/09/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/12/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/12/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/09/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/mve.12156 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Vet Entomol. 2016 Jun;30(2):241-5. doi: 10.1111/mve.12156. Epub 2015 Dec 16.