Morphological variability and genetic identity in Rhinoestrus spp. causing horse nasal myiasis

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-100

  Otranto, D ^a   Milillo, P ^a   Traversa, D ^b   Colwell, D D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase I; Italy; Morphotypes; Myiasis; Oestridae; Rhinoestrus purpureus; Rhinoestrus usbekistanicus; Ribosomal subunits 16s and 28s

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FLY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; LARVA; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LARVA; MYIASIS;

DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; OESTRIDAE; RHINOESTRUS; RHINOESTRUS USBEKISTANICUS;

EID: 15544380931     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2005.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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