Background Allergic skin diseases are common in horses worldwide. The most common
causes are insect bites and environmental allergens. Objectives To review the current …

Horseflies (Tabanidae) are polarotactic, being attracted to linearly polarized light when
searching for water or host animals. Although it is well known that horseflies prefer sunlit …

In high-altitude summer pastures, horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) can be a serious nuisance
to livestock, as well as mechanical vectors of animal diseases such as besnoitiosis, an …

Although the tabanid species and populations occurring in eastern central Europe
(Carpathian Basin) are thoroughly studied, there are only sporadic data about the influence …

Abstract On the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, endemic Theileria
orientalis infection of cattle has been reported on farms where no ticks have been observed …

Fluctuations in seasonal patterns of horse fly populations were examined in rainforests of
tropical South America, where the climate is seasonal. These patterns were evaluated with …

Blood-sucking female tabanid flies cause serious problems for animals and humans. For the
control of tabanids, the knowledge about their seasonality and daily activity is of great …

Tabanus spp. or horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) are haematophagous flies of medical and
veterinary importance. They are known to cause trypanosomosis or surra in domestic and …

Adult horse flies take blood meals from many mammals including human, so they have
known as serious pests wherever they occur and also are known vectors of numerous …

Background More than 170 species of tabanids are known in Europe, with many occurring
only in limited areas or having become very rare in the last decades. They continue to …