Endophily in Culicoides associated with BTV-infected cattle in the province of Limburg, south-eastern Netherlands, 2006

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 182-195

  Meiswinkel, R ^a   Goffredo, M ^b   Dijkstra, E G M ^a   van der Ven, I J K ^a   Baldet, T ^c   Elbers, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Blood feeding; Bluetongue; Culicoides; Endophagy; Endophily; Netherlands; Protective housing; Vectors

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INSECT VECTORS; NETHERLANDS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49549120374     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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