Variation in the load of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans, in cattle herds is determined by the presence or absence of individual heifers

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-280

  Jensen, K M V ^a,d   Jespersen, J B ^a   Birkett, M A ^b   Pickett, J A ^b   Thomas, G ^c   Wadhams, L J ^b   Woodcock, C M ^b  

^a Danish Pest Infestation Laboratory   (Denmark)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Denmark; Distribution; Haematobia irritans; Horn fly; Ranking; Semiochemical

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

CATTLE; FLY; HOST LOCATION; SEMIOCHEMICAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLIMATE; DENMARK; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; MUSCIDAE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; DENMARK; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; MUSCIDAE; PHEROMONES; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

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

EID: 4644257728     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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