CASE_STUDY This paper describes the first documented case of cattle grub (hypodermosis) in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina). Subcutaneous warbles were determined in a si x year old Simmental cow, at nine places along the spine. After the extirpation of larvae, based on the morphological characterisation, larvae of the third stage of Hypoderma bovis were diagnosed. The cow was administered therapeutic treatment, which had a favorable outcome, with no signs of recurrence. To the authors’ best knowledge, the case described in this paper is the first documented case of hypodermosis in cattle in Northern Serbia (Vojvodina). As the climate changed in the past few decades, it is important to pursue detailed investigations of the prevalence of this parasitic myiasis, as there are few such literature data for the Southern region of Serbia. One should also not ignore the fact that species of the genus Hypoderma can cause myiasis in humans as well. https://macvetrev.mk/Files/Article/2019/10.1515/macvetrev-2016-0072/macvetrev-2016-0072.pdf 2016-03-15T09:00:00 129 133 10.2478/macvetrev-2016-0072 bovine internal myiasis oestridae Hypoderma bovis larval stage Zsolt Becskei beckeizolt@gmail.com false 1 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department for Animal Breeding and Genetics, Belgrade, Serbia LEAD_AUTHOR Tamara Ilić false 2 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Belgrade, Serbia AUTHOR Nataša Pavlićević false 3 Veterinary Specialist Institute Subotica, Subotica, Serbia AUTHOR Ferenc Kiskároly false 4 Veterinary Specialist Institute Subotica, Subotica, Serbia AUTHOR false 5 AUTHOR Tamaš Petrović false 6 Scientific Veterinary Institute Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia AUTHOR Sanda Dimitrijević false 7 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Belgrade, Serbia AUTHOR Zumpt, F. 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