Arthropods Biting Cattle During an Epizootic of Ephemeral Fever in 1968

Ha, Standfast; Al, Dyce

doi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.1972.tb02219.x

Cited by 20 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 10 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…1976). Conversely, all of the species collected in significantly higher numbers by CDC traps at ground level during trials in Brisbane are considered mammalian feeders (Standfast & Dyce 1972; Kay et al. 1979, 1985, 2007; Muller et al.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Efficacy of bird‐baited traps placed at different heights for collecting ornithophilic mosquitoes in eastern Queensland, Australia

Jansen

Zborowski

Ritchie

et al. 2009

Australian Journal of Entomology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

To compare the efficacy of bird-baited traps with standard CO2-baited Centers for Disease Control (CDC) light traps for collecting ornithophilic mosquito species, seven Latin square trials were conducted at six urban sites in Cairns and Brisbane, Australia. Traps were placed 1 m above ground level and 5-10 m according to tree canopy height. CO2-baited CDC traps consistently collected more mosquitoes of all species than the bird-baited traps at all locations. In Brisbane, CO2-baited CDC traps placed at ground level collected significantly more Culex annulirostris Skuse than those at canopy height during two trials, and more Aedes vigilax (Skuse) and Ae. procax (Skuse) during one trial each. Conversely, in Cairns, CO2-baited CDC traps placed in the tree canopy collected significantly more Cx. squamosus (Taylor) during two trials, and significantly more Aedeomyia catasticta Knab and Cx. cubiculi Marks during one trial each. Consistently low yields of ornithophilic species including Cx. australicus Dobrotworsky & Drummond and Cx. quinquefasciatus Say in all traps tested suggests the need to employ alternative trapping measures to target these species in urban areas.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Efficacy of bird‐baited traps placed at different heights for collecting ornithophilic mosquitoes in eastern Queensland, Australia

Jansen

Zborowski

Ritchie

et al. 2009

Australian Journal of Entomology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…ox, sheep, goat, dog, rabbit and wallaby (Lee er al. 1962;Standfast and Dyce 1972;Muller and Murray 1977;Kay et al 1978 Two of the seven blood meals identified were avian The one specimen obtained had fed on both horse and man. It is known to bite man viciously (Marks and Reye 1973).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blood-Sucking Midges and Mosquitoes Feeding on Mammals at Beatrice Hill, N.T.

Müller¹,

Murray²,

Edwards³

1981

Aust. J. Zool.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

One aspect of an intensive study of arboviruses and insect vectors at Beatrice Hill, X.T., was to determine the hosts of the insects by identifying the source of their blood meal. The collection methods included buffalo bait, calf-and chicken-baited Magoon traps, truck traps, light traps and collecting from insect resting places. Blood meals were identified by precipitin and haemagglutination-inhibition tests. Fifteen species of biting midges, mostly Culicoides spp., and 24 species of mosquitoes were represented in the collections, and the blood meals within 75% of some 11,000 insects were identified. The majority, 97,7%, of the blood meals were mammalian in origin, 76% being bovine and 17% marsupial. A significant proportion of the blood-fed mosquitoes from Magoon traps had fed on hosts other than the bait animal or collector. Double feeds were detected in 1.1% of the insects in which the source of the blood meal was identified. It was possible to draw conclusions about the feeding habits of most of the insect species.

show abstract

“…Protective housing has been investigated as a means of shielding animals from the majority of Culicoides attacks and hence arbovirus transmission. A wide range of hosts and locations have been investigated, from sheep in Malaysia (Cheah & Rajamanickam, 1991), cattle in Australia (Buckley, 1938; Standfast & Dyce, 1972; Doherty et al , 2004; Melville et al , 2005a, 2005b) and Japan (Hoshino, 1985), to horses in South Africa (Barnard, 1997; Meiswinkel et al , 2000). The success of this technique depends on at least two factors: firstly, how well the housing is ‘midge‐proofed’ to minimize entry of Culicoides , and, secondly, the degree of exophilic/endophilic behaviour exhibited by the local Culicoides species.…”

Section: Protective Stabling Of Livestockmentioning

confidence: 99%

Control techniques for Culicoides biting midges and their application in the U.K. and northwestern Palaearctic

Carpenter

Mellor

Torr

2008

Medical Vet Entomology

142

120

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The recent emergence of bluetongue virus (Reoviridae: Orbivirus) (BTV) in northern Europe, for the first time in recorded history, has led to an urgent need for methods to control the disease caused by this virus and the midges that spread it. This paper reviews various methods of vector control that have been employed elsewhere and assesses their likely efficacy for controlling vectors of BTV in northern Europe. Methods of controlling Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) have included: (a) application of insecticides and pathogens to habitats where larvae develop; (b) environmental interventions to remove larval breeding sites; (c) controlling adult midges by treating either resting sites, such as animal housing, or host animals with insecticides; (d) housing livestock in screened buildings, and (e) using repellents or host kairomones to lure and kill adult midges. The major vectors of BTV in northern Europe are species from the Culicoides obsoletus (Meigen) and Culicoides pulicaris (L.) groups, for which there are scant data on breeding habits, resting behaviour and host‐oriented responses. Consequently, there is little information on which to base a rational strategy for controlling midges or for predicting the likely impact of interventions. However, data extrapolated from the results of vector control operations conducted elsewhere, combined with some assessment of how acceptable or not different methods may be within northern Europe, indicate that the treatment of livestock and animal housing with pyrethroids, the use of midge‐proofed stabling for viraemic or high‐value animals and the promotion of good farm practice to at least partially eliminate local breeding sites are the best options currently available. Research to assess and improve the efficacy of these methods is required and, in the longer term, efforts should be made to develop better bait systems for monitoring and, possibly, controlling midges. All these studies will need better methods of analysing the ecology and behaviour of midges in the field than are currently in use. The paucity of control options and basic knowledge serve to warn us that we must be better prepared for the possible emergence of other midge‐borne diseases, particularly African horse sickness.

show abstract

Arthropods Biting Cattle During an Epizootic of Ephemeral Fever in 1968

Cited by 20 publications

References 10 publications

Efficacy of bird‐baited traps placed at different heights for collecting ornithophilic mosquitoes in eastern Queensland, Australia

Efficacy of bird‐baited traps placed at different heights for collecting ornithophilic mosquitoes in eastern Queensland, Australia

Blood-Sucking Midges and Mosquitoes Feeding on Mammals at Beatrice Hill, N.T.

Control techniques for Culicoides biting midges and their application in the U.K. and northwestern Palaearctic

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About