A study of potential bluetongue vectors and meteorology in Jersey

Weather

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-26

  Sanders, Christopher J ^a   Burgin, Laura ^b   Pallot, Anthony ^c   Barber, James ^a   Golding, Nick ^a   Carpenter, Simon ^a   Gloster, John ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c Jersey Meteorological Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; METEOROLOGY; RUMINANT;

CHANNEL ISLANDS [UNITED KINGDOM]; JERSEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77949648555     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.444     Document Type: Article

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