Seasonal allergic dermatitis in sheep in southern Brazil caused by Culicoides insignis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 181-185

  Correa T G ^a   Ferreira, J M ^a   Riet Correa, G ^b   Ruas, J L ^a   Schild, A L ^a   Riet Correa, F ^c   Guimaraes A ^d   Felippe Bauer, M L ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UFPA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergic dermatitis; Culicoides insignis; Hypersensitivity; Seasonal dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS; ALOPECIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR PRURITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ERYTHEMA; FARM ANIMAL; HERD; HISTOLOGY; HYPERKERATOSIS; INSECT BITE; NONHUMAN; OCULAR PRURITUS; PAPULE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PRURITUS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DERMATITIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ALBITARSIS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES INSIGNIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33847634306     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.10.025     Document Type: Article

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