Field trials assessing deltamethrin (Butox®) treatments of sheep against Culicoides species

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2641-2645

  Weiher, Wiebke ^a   Bauer, Burkhard ^a   Mehlitz, Dieter ^a   Nijhof, Ard M ^a   Clausen, Peter Henning ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; Culicoides; Deltamethrin; Schmallenberg virus; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BUTOX; DELTAMETHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LIVESTOCK; MERINO SHEEP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VETERINARY CLINIC;

AVARITIA; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES LATREILLE; DIPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; NITRILES; PYRETHRINS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 84903820662     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3916-7     Document Type: Article

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