Efficacy of alphacypermethrin applied to cattle and sheep against the biting midge Culicoides nubeculosus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 110-114

  Papadopoulos, E ^a   Bartram, D ^b   Carpenter, S ^c   Mellor, P ^c   Wall, R ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ZOETIS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biting midges; Bluetongue; BTV; Control; Culicoides; Insecticide; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

CIPERMETHRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; HAIR ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; WOOL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; PYRETHRINS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; DIPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67349126169     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.041     Document Type: Article

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