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ARS | Publication request: Sampling for Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) on Ranches with Histories of Vesicular ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | Interpretive Summary: We investigated the possible presence of a sand fly associated with prairie dogs on six ranches with histories of vesicular stomatitis (VS) disease in the mid-Rio Grande river valley of New Mexico and West-slope region of Colorado. |
 | | Technical Abstract: The possible presence of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) among colonies of white-tailed prairie dogs, Cynomys gunnisoni Baird, was investigated on or near ranches with histories of vesicular stomatitis (VS) in domestic livestock in the mid-Rio Grande River Valley, New Mexico and West-slope region of Colorado. |
 | | Sampling was conducted at six premises, three in each region, using three methods; standard down-draft suction/light traps, up-draft suction/light traps (both supplemented with CO2), and burrow-emergence traps. |
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