Impact of mechanical disturbance on the emergence of Culicoides from cowpats

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1283-1287

  Lühken, Renke ^a   Kiel, Ellen ^a   Steinke, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; DESICCATION; FECES; FEMALE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES SCOTICUS;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DESICCATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PEST CONTROL;

EID: 84897027121     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3766-3     Document Type: Article

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