Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) associated with livestock in the Onderstepoort area, Gauteng, South Africa as determined by light-trap collections

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 315-325

  Venter, G J ^a   Meiswinkel, R ^a   Nevill, E M ^a   Edwardes, M ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b Rhone Poulenc Agrichem (PTY) Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abundance; C. imicola; Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides; Livestock; Onderstepoort; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; BOS TAURUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030323042     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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