A survey of Culicoides developmental sites on a farm in northern Spain, with a brief review of immature habitats of European species

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 81-93

  González, Mikel ^a   López, Sergio ^a   Mullens, Bradley A ^b   Baldet, Thierry ^c   Goldarazena, Arturo ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Basque Country; BTV; Culicoides lupicaris; Culicoides obsoletus; Culicoides pulicaris; Culicoides scoticus; Larval habitats

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES BRUNNICANS; CULICOIDES FESTIVIPENNIS; CULICOIDES LUPICARIS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES PUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MANURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POND; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUMMER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MANURE; SEASONS; SOIL; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES FESTIVIPENNIS; CULICOIDES LUPICARIS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; CULICOIDES PUNCTATUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; DIPTERA; LATHRAEA CLANDESTINA;

EID: 84869874330     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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