A spatial assessment of Culicoides spp. distribution and bluetongue disease risk areas in Austria;Eine Risikobewertung der Blauzungenkrankheit mit Verbreitungsdaten von Culicoides spp. in Österreich

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 124, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 228-235

  Silbermayr, Katja ^a   Hackländer, Klaus ^b   Doscher, Crile ^c   Koefer, Josef ^a,d   Fuchs, Klemens ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biting midge; Geographic Information System; GIS; Vector

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CERATOPOGONIDAE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLUETONGUE; BOVIDS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMIDITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HUMIDITY; INSECT VECTORS; RISK FACTORS; RUMINANTS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84857762203     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-124-228     Document Type: Article

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