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Vector monitoring at Belgian outbreak sites during the bluetongue epidemic of 2006.
De Deken, G.; Madder, M.; Deblauwe, I. et al.
2008In Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 87 (1-2), p. 64-73
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Keywords :
Animals; Belgium/epidemiology; Bluetongue/epidemiology/transmission/virology; Bluetongue virus/genetics/growth & development; Cattle; Cattle Diseases/epidemiology/transmission/virology; Ceratopogonidae/genetics/growth & development/virology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease Outbreaks/veterinary; Insect Vectors/genetics/virology; RNA, Viral/chemistry/genetics; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sheep
Abstract :
[en] In response to the first bluetongue outbreak in Belgium a monitoring programme was started at the end of August 2006 to identify possible vectors transmitting the disease. Black light traps were deployed at 36 outbreak sites and captured 1959 Culicoides specimens belonging to 16 different species. Eighty four percent of the biting midges captured belonged to the C. obsoletus complex, among them C. obsoletus s.s., C. dewulfi and C. scoticus, three suspected bluetongue vectors. The Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre detected viral RNA in pools of individuals belonging to this complex. Culicoides pulicaris, a potential bluetongue vector in Italy, should yet not be excluded as a possible vector in Belgium as this species was frequently found around outbreak sites, notwithstanding this species is not easily captured with the trapping techniques used during this survey.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
De Deken, G.
Madder, M.
Deblauwe, I.
De Clercq, K.
Fassotte, C.
Losson, Bertrand ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des maladies infectieuses et parasitaires > Parasitologie et pathologie des maladies parasitaires
Haubruge, Eric  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Services administratifs généraux > Vice-Recteur de Gembloux Agro Bio Tech - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
De Deken, R.
Language :
English
Title :
Vector monitoring at Belgian outbreak sites during the bluetongue epidemic of 2006.
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Preventive Veterinary Medicine
ISSN :
0167-5877
eISSN :
1873-1716
Publisher :
Elsevier Scientific, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
87
Issue :
1-2
Pages :
64-73
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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