title: Potential vectors of bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses of cattle and white-tailed deer in Alabama.
abstract: Fourteen Culicoides spp. were collected on Holstein cattle in Alabama: C. arboricola, C. bickleyi, C. biguttatus, C. debilipalpis, C. guttipennis, C. haematopotus, C. obsoletus, C. paraensis, C. piliferus, C. sanguisuga, C. spinosus, C. stellifer, C. variipennis and C. venustus. Six Culicoides spp. were collected directly from white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus): C. debilipalpis, C. niger, C. obsoletus, C. paraensis, C. sanguisuga and C. stellifer. Based on their host-feeding behavior, abundance and seasonal occurrence, the following 4 species warrant particular attention as potential vectors of bluetongue (BT) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) viruses in the southeastern US: C. debilipalpis, C. obsoletus, C. paraensis and C. stellifer.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Nusbaum
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D000818:Animals; D001819:Bluetongue / Q000635:transmission*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D003670:Deer; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep