Population dynamics of horn fly, Haematobia irritans irritans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae), on Hereford cattle in Uruguay

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 286-299

  Castro, E ^a   Gil, A ^a   Piaggio, J ^a   Chifflet, L ^b   Farias, N A ^c   Solari, M A ^b   Moon, R D ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Universidade Federal de Pelotas ^*  (Uruguay)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Horn fly; Modeling; Population dynamics; South America; Weather effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; GRAZING; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS IRRITANS; MUSCIDAE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; MUSCIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; URUGUAY;

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

EID: 38049141835     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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