DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide)/PMD (para-menthane-3,8-diol) repellent-treated mesh increases Culicoides catches in light traps

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 115; no. 9; pp. 3543 - 3549
• Main Authors: Murchie, A. K., Clawson, S., Rea, I., Forsythe, I. W. N., Gordon, A. W., Jess, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Animals; application rate; bendiocarb; bioassays; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; bluetongue; Bluetongue - transmission; buildings; cages; Ceratopogonidae - drug effects; Ceratopogonidae - virology; Culicoides; Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; deet; DEET - pharmacology; dose response; ethics; experimental design; Immunology; Insect Repellents - pharmacology; Insect Vectors - drug effects; Insecticides - pharmacology; lambda-cyhalothrin; light traps; livestock; Medical Microbiology; Menthol - analogs & derivatives; Menthol - pharmacology; Microbiology; midges; Nitriles - pharmacology; Original Paper; Phenylcarbamates - pharmacology; Plant Extracts - pharmacology; Pyrethrins - pharmacology; repellents; screening; Sheep; Terpenes - pharmacology; terpenoids; viruses; Attractant; Repellent; Menthane-3,8-diol; Onderstepoort light trap; DEET; p-Menthane-3,8-diol; Culicoides

Biting midges ( Culicoides spp.) are vectors of bluetongue and Schmallenberg viruses. Treatment of mesh barriers is a common method for preventing insect-vectored diseases and has been proposed as a means of limiting Culicoides ingression into buildings or livestock transporters. Assessments using a...