Bulletin of entomological research.
Publisher:
CABI Publishing. Wallingford, UK : CABI Publishing (1999)
Frequency: Six no. a year
Country: England
Language: English
Author(s):
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology., Great Britain. Colonial Office. Entomological Research Committee., Imperial Bureau of Entomology., Imperial Institute of Entomology.
Start Year:1910 -
ISSN:
0007-4853 (Print)
1475-2670 (Electronic)
0007-4853 (Linking)
1475-2670 (Electronic)
0007-4853 (Linking)
Impact Factor
1.9
2022
| NLM ID: | 257635 |
| (DNLM): | B42440000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01537749 |
| Coden: | BEREA2 |
| LCCN: | sn 85008627 |
| Classification: | W1 BU76 |
Stabling and the protection of horses from Culicoides bolitinos (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), a recently identified vector of African horse sickness. The stabling of horses at night reportedly offers protection from African horse sickness and the most significant vector of the disease, Culicoides imicola Kieffer, has been shown to be exophilic. In certain high-lying regions of South Africa, however, C. bolitinos Meiswinkel, may be the major vector of the disease but its entry behaviour into stables is unknown. Accordingly, in the eastern Free State province of South Africa, light trap catches of C. bolitinos inside stables and outside, were compared. Two horse-baited stables, one traditional, and one modern, were used and combinations of st...