Culicoides midges (Ceratopogonidae) in some localities of Saudi Arabia and their veterinary significance

Veterinarski Arhiv

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 285-294

  Hilali, Musaad ^a   Abu Elzein, EL Tayb ^a   Al Afaleq, Adel ^a   Mellor, Philip ^b   Boorman, John ^b   Alatyia, Sami ^a   Alnaeem, Ahmed ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Laboratory for Animal Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culicoides midges; Saudi arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; HORSE DISEASE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0344153028     PISSN: 03725480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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