Observations on breeding sites and light-trap collections of Culicoides during an outbreak of bluetongue in Cyprus

1979/06/01 by P. S. Mellor, G. Prrzous
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Agriculture and Farm Safety #Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology #Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

paper · doi:10.1017/s0007485300017697

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Abstract

Abstract During an epizootic of bluetongue virus disease of sheep in Cyprus in the autumn of 1977, 16 species of Culicoides were collected in light-traps and 4 species were collected from breeding sites. Two of the species found breeding in close association with sheep and goats are potential vectors of bluetongue virus. The possibility of a third species being a vector in Cyprus is discussed.

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