Culicoides variipennis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Host Selection in Colorado

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-249

  Raich, T ^a   Jacobson, M ^a   Holbrook, F ^b   Babion, R ^b   Blair, C ^a   Beaty, B ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Crepuscular activity; Culicoides crepuscularis; Culicoides variipennis; Host selection

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES CREPUSCULARIS; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; DIPTERA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLORADO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SHEEP;

EID: 0031088077     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.2.247     Document Type: Article

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