Culicoides bottimeri as a vector of Haemoproteus lophortyx to quail in California, USA

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 35-43

  Mullens, B A ^a   Cardona, C J ^b   McClellan, L ^c   Szijj, C E ^a   Owen, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c K and L Quail   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobwhite quail; California quail; Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides; Haemoproteus; Hippoboscidae; Malaria; Quail

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; BITE; BLOOD SMEAR; DISEASE CARRIER; ECTOPARASITE; HEALTH SURVEY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTOZOON; QUAIL; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLINUS; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; CALLIPEPLA; CALLIPEPLA CALIFORNICA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; CULICOIDES BOTTIMERI; HAEMOPROTEUS; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; INSECTA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 33746681232     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.015     Document Type: Article

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