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Host feeding patterns of<i>Culicoides</i>species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) within the Picos de Europa National Park in northern Spain
31 May 2012
Abstract excerpt
Blood meal identification can provide information about the natural host-feeding patterns or preferences of Culicoides species. Such information could indirectly provide data indicating which reservoirs are significant in associated vector-borne diseases. We positively identified the host species through DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene in 144 of the 170 (84.7%) blood meal specimens tested. In the...
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