Attractiveness of chickens and bobwhite quail for Culex nigripalpus

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-273

  Lord, Cynthia C ^a   Day, Jonathan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobwhite quail; Culex nigripalpus; Host preference; Sentinel chicken; St. Louis encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COLINUS; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COLINUS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; FLORIDA; INSECT VECTORS;

EID: 0034265177     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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