Efficacy of alphacypermethrin-treated high density polyethylene mesh applied to jet stalls housing horses against Culicoides biting midges in South Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 84-90

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; Culicoides imicola; Light trap; Mechanical aspiration; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

CYPERMETHRIN; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE MESH; POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYANOACRYLATE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; POLY(ETHYLCYANOACRYLATE); PYRETHROID;

ADULT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES BOLITINOS; CULICOIDES BRUCEI; CULICOIDES ENDERLEINI; CULICOIDES GULBENKIANI; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES LEUCOSTICTUS; CULICOIDES MAGNUS; CULICOIDES NEVILLI; CULICOIDES NIVOSUS; CULICOIDES PYCNOSTICTUS; CULICOIDES ZULUENSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORSE; INSECT CONTROL; JET STALL; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HORSE DISEASES; INSECT BITES AND STINGS;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; ORBIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CYANOACRYLATES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECTICIDES; PYRETHRINS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84928697528     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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