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Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) associated with laying chickens at Sebele, Gaborone, Botswana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

E.Z. Mushi ,
R.G. Chabo ,
M.G. Binta ,
R.W. Kapaata  and
R.T. Ndebele
E.Z. Mushi
Affiliation:
Botswana College of Agriculture, Private Bag 0027, Gaborone, Botswana
R.G. Chabo
Affiliation:
Botswana College of Agriculture, Private Bag 0027, Gaborone, Botswana
M.G. Binta
Affiliation:
National Veterinary Laboratory, Private Bag 0035, Gaborone, Botswana
R.W. Kapaata
Affiliation:
Botswana College of Agriculture, Private Bag 0027, Gaborone, Botswana
R.T. Ndebele
Affiliation:
Botswana College of Agriculture, Private Bag 0027, Gaborone, Botswana
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Abstract

A total of 2083 Culicoides spp. were collected in an ultraviolet light trap hung from the rafters of a laying chicken house at a location in Sebele, giving a mean daily catch of 208.3 biting midges. C. imicola was the most abundant and constituted 57.5% of the total catch. C. leucosticus and C. engubandei constituted 20.5% and 14.770, respectively, of the catch. A comprehensive questionnaire conducted at three sites in the village indicated that many chickens in the homesteads in this location had died as a result of fowl pox. A high incidence of Haemoproteus columbae gametocytes was also found in the cytoplasm of erythrocytes of domestic pigeons (Colurnbiae livia domestica).

Keywords

culicoideschickensdisease
Type
Research Article
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , June 1999 , pp. 199 - 202
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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