Studies on Culicoides (Diptera: ceratopogonidae) and their relationship to infectious synovitis in poultry in Virginia

This investigation was concerned with determining the relationships of Culicoides to poultry in Virginie while studying their role as potential vectors of infectious synovitis. In addition, a survey of Culicoides in Virginia was made to study their distribution, bionomics and life histories. The ins...

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Main Author: Messersmith, Donald Howard
Other Authors: Entomology
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40092
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10222009-125216/