High-altitude flight of Culicoides biting midges

Veterinary Record

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Sanders, C J ^a   Selby, R ^c   Carpenter, S ^a   Reynolds, D R ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FLYING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VIROLOGY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECT VECTORS; PREVALENCE;

CERATOPOGONIDAE;

EID: 80051925720     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.d4245     Document Type: Article

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