Control Experiments with Yellow Jacket Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Injuring Cattle in Israel

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 486-491

  Braverman, Yehuda ^a   Chizov Ginzburg, Aleksey ^a   Yeruham, Israel ^b   Kolsky, Ofer ^c   Saran, Arthur ^a  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b 'Hachaklait'   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Control; Dairy cattle; Injuries; Israel; Mastitis; Vespula germanica

Indexed keywords

ACEPHATE; CYROMAZINE; DIMPYLATE; INSECTICIDE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; XYLOMOLLIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; LACTATION; MEAT; WASP;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIAZINON; FEMALE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; LACTATION; MEAT; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; TERPENES; TRIAZINES; WASPS;

EID: 0032041085     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.2.486     Document Type: Article

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