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      <title>Mosquito Landing Rate Counts</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:09:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What's The Buzz on Mosquitoes Fact Sheet</title>
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      <title>West Nile Virus -  A Mosquito-Borne Disease in Louisiana</title>
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      <title>Skeeter Buster Activity Lesson</title>
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      <title>Louisiana Mosquito Abatement Plan</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2005 21:57:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mosquito-borne Diseases of Veterinary Importance in Louisiana</title>
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      <title>Insect Repellents</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:57:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[People who work or play outdoors are often attacked by numerous species of insects, ticks and mites. If you choose or are required to be outside when insects are active, use a repellent. This publication explains how repellents are chemical substances that protect people from insect attack by making the body unattractive or offensive to insects. A repellent does not have to kill insects to be effective, although it may. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Domestic Birds, Poultry Not Likely to Harbor Encephalitis Viruses</title>
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      <title>Protect yourself from mosquitoes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Distributed 09/05/08) Most of the mosquitoes being bred in the standing water left in Louisiana from Hurricane Gustav are not the kind that carry West Nile virus, according to LSU AgCenter entomologist and mosquito expert Wayne Kramer. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Links to additional Web sites that provide information on mosquitoes and West Nile Virus. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>What is West Nile Virus?</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:27:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Are Mosquitoes Bugging You?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:31:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Provides Fish To Control Mosquitoes</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:45:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Louisiana Pesticide Law</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:22:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Questions About Eastern Equine Encephalitis and Horses</title>
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