Culicoides species associated with sheep in The Netherlands and the effect of a permethrin insecticide

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-235

  Griffioen, Karien ^a   van Gemst, Dennis B J ^b   Pieterse, Maarten C ^b   Jacobs, Frans ^c   Sloet van Oldruitenborgh Oosterbaan, Marianne M ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Netherlands)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Culicoides chiopterus; Culicoides spp.; Permethrin; Sheep

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLUETONGUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES FESTIVIPENNIS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES PUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; CULICOIDES STIGMA; FEEDING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; SHEEP; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VECTOR CONTROL; VIRUS CARRIER;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PERMETHRIN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; HEXAPODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 82855169604     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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