title: Role of dogs (Canis domesticus) as hosts for African horse sickness virus.
abstract: At Bet Dagan Culicoides imicola Kieffer, C. Schultzei gp. (a mammal feeder), Culex pipiens L. (a laboratory vector) and Culex univittatus Theobald were found in significantly (P < 0.05) smaller numbers near dogs than near other hosts, while Phlebotomus spp. were found in significantly (P < 0.05) higher numbers in dog kennels than in other animal houses. Some 400 blood meals of Culicoides spp. from Israel and Zimbabwe were negative for canine blood. Only 1 of 16 blood meals of Culex pipiens caught in Israel was positive for canine blood. The results suggest that dogs are unlikely to act as a field reservoir for African horse sickness virus.
authors.affiliation: Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dugan Israel. vvbraver@volcani.agri.gov.il
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Braverman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chizov-Ginzburg
mesh_terms: D000355:African Horse Sickness / Q000821:virology*; D000356:African Horse Sickness Virus; D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae; D003465:Culex; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D006799:Housing, Animal; D007303:Insect Vectors