Seasonal allergic dermatitis in sheep associated with Ctenocephalides and Culicoides bites

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 377-380

  Yeruham, I ^a,c   Perl, S ^b   Braverman, Y ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cat flea; Ctenocephalides felis felis; Culicoides species; Israel; Seasonal allergic dermatitis; Sheep

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INSECT; LEG; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRURITUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SKIN ALLERGY;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DERMATITIS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OVIS ARIES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 11344252883     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2004.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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