Molecular identification of bloodmeals and species composition in Culicoides biting midges

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-112

  Pettersson, E ^a   Bensch, S ^a   Ander, M ^b   Chirico, J ^b   Sigvald, R ^c   Ignell, R ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bloodmeal; Bluetongue; Culicoides; Host preferences; Trapping methods

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

BLOOD; CRYPSIS; CYTOCHROME; FLY; HOST PREFERENCE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAPPING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWEDEN; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWEDEN; VERTEBRATES;

SWEDEN;

AVES; BOS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873986490     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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