Open AccessMoucherons piqueurs (Ceratopogonidae: <em>Culicoides Latreille</em>) rencontrés dans les fermes en Suède
Author(s) -
Søren Achim Nielsen,
Bjarne Nielsen,
Jan Chirico
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux/revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1951-6711
pISSN - 0035-1865
DOI - 10.19182/remvt.10050
Subject(s) - ceratopogonidae , culicoides , relative species abundance , abundance (ecology) , biology , livestock , geography , veterinary medicine , ecology , medicine
In light of the emergence of bluetongue in Northern Europe, populations of Culicoides species were monitored in and around several Swedish livestock farms (surveillance in 2007 and 2008). The position of the sampling sites ranged from about latitude 55° N to about 68° N. Thirty-three Culicoides species were recorded, of which 30 were new to Sweden. The species recorded, and their relative abundance and spatial distribution on sites are detailed. Species incriminated as vectors of bluetongue virus were predominant.