Long-distance aerial dispersal modelling of Culicoides biting midges: Case studies of incursions into Australia

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Eagles, Debbie ^a,b   Melville, Lorna ^c   Weir, Richard ^c   Davis, Steven ^c   Bellis, Glenn ^d   Zalucki, Myron P ^b   Walker, Peter J ^a   Durr, Peter A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Berrimah Veterinary Laboratories   (Australia)

^d Department of Agriculture Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersal modelling; Bluetongue; Culicoides; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLUETONGUE; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BLUETONGUE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84902740974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-135     Document Type: Article

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