Field and in vitro insecticidal efficacy of alphacypermethrin-treated high density polyethylene mesh against Culicoides biting midges in South Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 184-188

  Page, P C ^a   Labuschagne, K ^b   Venter, G J ^b   Schoeman, J P ^a   Guthrie, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c Onderstepoort   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; C. imicola; Contact bioassay; Light trap; Synthetic pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

CYPERMETHRIN; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLACK LIGHT TRAP; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTACT BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIELD STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; C. IMICOLA; CONTACT BIOASSAY; LIGHT TRAP; SYNTHETIC PYRETHROID;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; HORSES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO NETS; POLYETHYLENE; PYRETHRINS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84899899712     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.02.051     Document Type: Article

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