The Culicoides 'snapshot': A novel approach used to assess vector densities widely and rapidly during the 2006 outbreak of bluetongue (BT) in The Netherlands

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 98-118

  Meiswinkel, R ^a   Goffredo, Maria ^b   Leijs, P ^c   Conte, Annamaria ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^c Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blacklight trap; Bluetongue; Culicoides; Distribution maps; Entomological surveillance; The Netherlands; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NETHERLANDS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INSECT VECTORS; NETHERLANDS; SHEEP;

BOS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES CIRCUMSCRIPTUS; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES HALOPHILUS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES LUPICARIS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 49549092230     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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