Sticky-trapping biting midges (Culicoides spp.) alighting on cattle and sheep: Effects of trap colour and evidence for host preference

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3085-3094

  Thompson, G M ^a,b   Jess, S ^a   Gordon, A W ^a   Murchie, A K ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Colour preference; Host preference; Obsoletus group; Pulicaris group; Sticky trap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLOR; CULICOIDES; HOGGET; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLOR; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT VECTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 84904957743     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3974-x     Document Type: Article

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