Culicoides arakawae (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) population succession in relation to leucocytozoonosis prevalence on a chicken farm in Taiwan

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-120

  Yu, Chang You ^a,b   Wang, Jiunn Siow ^b   Yeh, Ching Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides arakawae; Leucocytozoonosis; Population; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHICKEN; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; INSECT VECTORS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PERIODICITY; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TAIWAN; ZOONOSES;

CULICOIDES ARAKAWAE;

EID: 0034634606     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00362-9     Document Type: Article

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