THE SPECIES COMPOSITION AND BIO-ECOLOGY OF CULICOIDES SPP. FREQUENTING LIVESTOCK IN THE CENTRAL FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA
Culicoides midges are involved in the transmission of a variety of pathogens, the most economically important of these are the orbiviruses that cause African horse sickness (AHSV) and bluetongue (BTV). The identification of vectors of these viruses and monitoring of their occurrence and activity pla...
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University of the Free State
2013
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| Online Access: | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-07182013-100232/restricted/ |