PMID: 9173363Dec 1, 1996Paper

Culicoides (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) associated with livestock in the Onderstepoort area, Gauteng, South Africa as determined by light-trap collections

The Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
G J VenterM Edwardes

Abstract

In 54 light-trap collections made at 28 sites in the Onderstepoort area a total of 178,941 Culicoides midges of 35 species was collected in March 1988; the survey was repeated at 26 sites in September and yielded 19,518 Culicoides of 24 species. The number of Culicoides species collected totalled 38. C,imicola was the most abundant species at 27 of the 28 sites sampled, and accounted for 88% and 67% of all midges collected in the two months respectively. This study not only confirms that C. imicola is widespread and abundant in the greater Onderstepoort area, but also that its numbers correlate positively with the historical prevalence of African horse sickness (AHS) and bluetongue (BT) locally. The high numbers of C. imicola make Onderstepoort the ideal site for the study of its laboratory vector capacity. The relatively low numbers of Culicoides spp. other than C. imicola in the Onderstepoort area, will severely limit studies on their roles in the transmission of arboviruses. The origin of the blood-meals of 1338 engorged Culicoides belonging to 13 species was determined by means of cross-over electrophoresis precipitin test; C. imicola fed on cattle, horses, sheep of pigs, Four other Culicoides species showed a similarly wid...Continue Reading

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