The 1996 outbreak of African horse sickness in South Africa - The entomological perspective

Archives of Virology, Supplement

Volumn 1998, Issue SUPPL. 14, 1998, Pages 69-83

  Meiswinkel, R ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HORSES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INSECT VECTORS; RAIN; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031610219     PISSN: 09391983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6823-3_8     Document Type: Article

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