Response of Male Culicoides variipennis sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to Carbon Dioxide and Observations of Mating Behavior on and Near Cattle

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-244

  Gerry, Alec C ^a   Mullens, Bradley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Culicoides variipennis sonorensis; Mating; Swarming

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; DIPTERA; UMBILICUS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DAIRYING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INSEMINATION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032059110     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.239     Document Type: Article

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