Control techniques for Culicoides biting midges and their application in the UK and northwestern Palaearctic

S Carpenter, PS Mellor, SJ Torr - Medical and veterinary …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The recent emergence of bluetongue virus (Reoviridae: Orbivirus)(BTV) in northern Europe,
for the first time in recorded history, has led to an urgent need for methods to control the …

[PDF][PDF] Potential new Culicoides vector of bluetongue virus in northern Europe

R Meiswinkel, P Van Rijn, P Leijs, M Goffredo - Veterinary Record, 2007 - researchgate.net
BLUETONGUE is an orbiviral disease that affects domesticated ruminant livestock,
especially sheep and cattle (Erasmus 1990, MacLachlan 1994). The disease occurs almost …

An assessment of Culicoides surveillance techniques in northern Europe: have we underestimated a potential bluetongue virus vector?

S Carpenter, C Szmaragd, J Barber… - Journal of Applied …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Bluetongue virus (BTV), a pathogen of ruminants transmitted by Culicoides
midges, has emerged dramatically across Europe since 1998. Surveillance of Culicoides is …

DNA barcoding and surveillance sampling strategies for Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in southern India

LE Harrup, S Laban, BV Purse, YK Reddy, YN Reddy… - Parasites & …, 2016 - Springer
Background Culicoides spp. biting midges transmit bluetongue virus (BTV), the aetiological
agent of bluetongue (BT), an economically important disease of ruminants. In southern India …

Abundance, diversity and temporal activity of adult Culicoides spp. associated with cattle in West Bengal, India

R Harsha, SM Mazumdar… - Medical and Veterinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Relative abundance, species composition and temporal activity of Culicoides midges were
studied for a period of 2 years (2012–2014) using suction ultra violet light traps at two sites …

Light trap** of biting midges Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) with green light‐emitting diodes

AL Bishop, GA Bellis, HJ McKenzie… - Australian Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
A study of responses by Culicoides spp. to light traps with light‐emitting diodes (LEDs)
confirmed that the livestock virus vector, Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer, was preferentially …

Comparison of two trap** methods for Culicoides biting midges and determination of African horse sickness virus prevalence in midge populations at Onderstepoort …

EG Scheffer, GJ Venter, K Labuschagne, PC Page… - Veterinary …, 2012 - Elsevier
Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are vectors of a variety of pathogens
including African horse sickness virus (AHSV), a member of the family Reoviridae, genus …

Collection of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Using CO2 and Enantiomers of 1-Octen-3-ol in the United Kingdom

LE Harrup, JG Logan, JI Cook, N Golding… - Journal of Medical …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The host kairomones carbon dioxide (CO2) and 1-octen-3-ol elicit a host seeking response
in a wide range of haematophagous Diptera. This study investigates the response of …

A comparison of four light traps for collecting Culicoides biting midges

C Probst, JM Gethmann, H Kampen, D Werner… - Parasitology …, 2015 - Springer
Epidemiological analyses of vector-associated diseases such as bluetongue (BT), African
horse sickness, or epizootic hemorrhagic disease require substantiated data on the species …