An assessment of Culicoides surveillance techniques in northern Europe: Have we underestimated a potential bluetongue virus vector?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1237-1245

  Carpenter, Simon ^a   Szmaragd, Camille ^a   Barber, James ^a   Labuschagne, Karien ^b   Gubbins, Simon ^a   Mellor, Philip ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Biting rate; BTV; Ceratopogonidae; Drop trap; Light trap; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUMINANT; SHEEP; TRAPPING; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS; WIND VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOVIDAE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 46749105617     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01511.x     Document Type: Article

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