infest humans. Treatment and prevention Warble flies have been eradicated in many countries, beginning with Denmark and Western Germany, in the 1960s. It was eradicated in the United Kingdom in 1990. It is a notifiable disease. It may have been eradicated from Belgium. From the 1980s, the preventive treatment is easier, by subcutaneous use of ivermectin, but the warble fly remains present in North Africa. See also Botfly Horse-fly Hypodermyasis References External links Common cattle grub on the UF / IFAS featured creatures website Oestridae Parasitic flies Parasites of equines Parasitic arthropods of mammals Veterinary entomology Insects in culture Flies and humans