The influence of host number on the attraction of biting midges, Culicoides spp., to light traps

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-115

  Garcia Saenz, A ^a,b   Mccarter, P ^b   Baylis, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biting rate; Bluetongue; Culicoides; Culicoides obsoletus; Dilution effect; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLY; SHEEP; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ENGLAND; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LIGHT; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WEATHER;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; DIPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79951543743     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00904.x     Document Type: Article

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