Ecology of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in southcentral Florida and experimental Culicoides vectors of the avian hematozoan Haemoproteus danilewskyi kruse

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 170-178

  Garvin, Mary C ^a,b   Greiner, Ellis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue jay; Culicoides; Cyanocitta cristata; Haemoproteus; Vector

Indexed keywords

AVES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CORVIDAE; CULICOIDES ARBORICOLA; CULICOIDES BECKAE; CULICOIDES EDENI; CULICOIDES KNOWLTONI; CULICOIDES STELLIFER; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; DIPTERA; GALLIFORMES; HAEMOPROTEUS; PASSERIFORMES; STELLIFER;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; HAEMOSPORIDA; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RAIN; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0141924130     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.1.170     Document Type: Article

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