The seasonal and geographical distribution of Culicoides imicola, C. pulicaris group and C. obsoletus group biting midges in central and southern Spain

Archives of Virology, Supplement

Volumn 1998, Issue SUPPL. 14, 1998, Pages 85-91

  Ortega, M D ^a,d   Mellor, P S ^b   Rawlings, P ^b   Pro, M J ^c  

^a Lab de Sanid y Prod Animal   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c Min de Agric Pesca y Aliment   (Spain)

^d Delegacion Prov de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SHEEP DISEASE; SPAIN;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIDAE; INSECT VECTORS; RUMINANTS; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 0031604928     PISSN: 09391983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6823-3_9     Document Type: Article

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