Monitoring of culicoides latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) after BTV outbreaks, in sheep farms and natural habitats from the basque country (Northern Spain)

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-69

  González, Mikel ^a   Baldet, Thierry ^b   Delécolle, Jean Claude ^c   López, Sergio ^a   Romón, Pedro ^d   Goldarazena, Arturo ^a  

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

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

distribution; diversity; light traps; Obsoletus complex; Pulicaris complex; seasonal dynamics; species richness; wild livestock environments

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES FESTIVIPENNIS; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES LATREILLE; CULICOIDES LUPICARIS; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS; DIPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84873634316     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.115.1.48     Document Type: Article

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