Culicoides and other biting flies on the Palos Verdes Peninsula of southern California, and their possible relationship to equine dermatitis

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-95

  Mullens, Bradley A ^a   Owen, Jeb P ^a   Heft, David E ^b   Sobeck, Ruth V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County West Vector Control District   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culicoides; Culicoides hypersensitivity; Dermatitis; Horses; Sweet itch

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICOIDES FREEBORNI; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; CULISETA INCIDENS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; STOMOXYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DERMATITIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INSECT BITE; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICIDAE; DERMATITIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; SEASONS;

EID: 16444366544     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[90:CAOBFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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