TY - JOUR
T1 - Landing sites and diel activity in Culicoides midges attacking Fjord horses in the Netherlands
AU - Elbers, A.R.W.
AU - van den Heuvel, S.J.
AU - Meiswinkel, R.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In the Old World, African horse sickness (AHS) and equine encephalosis are transmitted to equids by Culicoides midges. AHS has a case-fatality-rate of 95% in horses. Though endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, AHS virus is able to incur northwards and to disseminate widely within Mediterranean countries. For example, >1,000 equines died during the AHS-epidemics affecting Spain, Portugal and Morocco (1987-1991). The virus was isolated not only from Culicoides imicola, but also from species endemic to Europe: C.
AB - In the Old World, African horse sickness (AHS) and equine encephalosis are transmitted to equids by Culicoides midges. AHS has a case-fatality-rate of 95% in horses. Though endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, AHS virus is able to incur northwards and to disseminate widely within Mediterranean countries. For example, >1,000 equines died during the AHS-epidemics affecting Spain, Portugal and Morocco (1987-1991). The virus was isolated not only from Culicoides imicola, but also from species endemic to Europe: C.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jevs.2016.02.043
DO - 10.1016/j.jevs.2016.02.043
M3 - Article
VL - 39
SP - S20-S22
JO - Equine Veterinary Journal
JF - Equine Veterinary Journal
SN - 0425-1644
IS - Supplement
ER -