A comparison of four light traps for collecting Culicoides biting midges

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4717-4724

  Probst, Carolina ^a   Gethmann, Jörn M ^a   Kampen, Helge ^a   Werner, Doreen ^b   Conraths, Franz J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bluetongue; Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides; Monitoring; UV light trap; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUETONGUE ORBIVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL DEVICE; GERMANY; ITALY; LATIN SQUARE DESIGN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT TRAP; ANIMAL; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; GERMANY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; SPAIN;

EID: 84943663807     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4720-8     Document Type: Article

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