Host preferences of Culicoides midges (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) in South Africa as determined by precipitin tests and light trap catches

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dc.contributor.author Nevill, E.M.
dc.contributor.author Anderson, D.
dc.contributor.editor De Lange, M.
dc.contributor.editor Bigalke, R.D.
dc.contributor.editor Howell, P.G.
dc.contributor.editor Reinecke, R.K.
dc.contributor.editor Walker, Jane B.
dc.contributor.other De Kock, V.E.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-07-06T12:59:47Z
dc.date.available 2016-07-06T12:59:47Z
dc.date.created 2016
dc.date.issued 1972
dc.description The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590;300dpi. adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract The host-preferences of a number of South African Culicoides biting midges were determined by precipitin tests and by an analysis of catches from light traps set near host animals. Results showed C. pallidipennis to feed predominantly on cattle and horses and possibly sheep, C. schultzei mainly on cattle, C. distinctipennis only on birds (possibly poultry), C. pycnostictus chiefly on birds, and C. milnei mostly on horses. A further five species gave positive precipitin test reactions to blood of either cattle, horses or birds but too few specimens were available for the significance of these reactions to be evaluated. These results suggest that C. pallidipennis and C. schultzei might be involved in the transmission of cattle diseases, C. pallidipennis and C. milnei of horse diseases, C. distinctipennis and C. pycnostictus of poultry diseases and C. pallidipennis of sheep diseases. en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Nevill, EM & Anderson, D 1972, 'Host preferences of Culicoides midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in South Africa as determined by precipitin tests and light trap catches’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 147-151. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0330-2465
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53886
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria en_ZA
dc.rights © 1972 ARC- Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © 2016 University of Pretoria. Department of Library Services(digital). en_ZA
dc.subject Veterinary medicine en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.title Host preferences of Culicoides midges (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) in South Africa as determined by precipitin tests and light trap catches en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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