Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Parasitic Diseases of Wild Birds

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 537-545

  Currie, Douglas C ^a,b   Hunter, D Bruce ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black flies earliest incontrovertible simuliid fossils dating to late Jurassic; Black flies, life history egg, larva, pupa, adult; clinical signs and pathology chickens and turkeys becoming restless and distracted; Impact of biting and swarming on birds; Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP); Vector proofing aviaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885995246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780813804620.ch31     Document Type: Chapter

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