Validation of a subjective counting method for a horn flies (Haematobia irritans irritans) (Diptera: Muscidae) population in a cattle herd

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-367

  Castro, Eleonor ^a   Gil, Andrés ^a   Solari, María Angélica ^b   Farias, Nara Amélia ^c  

^a Faculty of Veterinary   (Uruguay)

^b DiLaVe Miguel C Rubino ^*  (Uruguay)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiological validation; Haematobia irritans; Horn fly; Video recording; Visual count

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COW; FLY; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS IRRITANS; HERD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; MUSCIDAE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; MUSCIDAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URUGUAY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; DIPTERA; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS IRRITANS; MUSCIDAE;

EID: 26044437419     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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