Culicoides are small biting midges with the capacity to transmit important livestock
pathogens around much of the world, and their impacts on animal welfare are likely to …

Background Aquatic ecosystems provide breeding sites for blood-sucking insects such as
Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), but factors affecting their distribution …

A significant proportion of vector‐borne diseases are transmitted by blood‐sucking
dipterans, including mosquitoes. Understanding transmission risks requires accurate …

Background Culicoides midges have been well-studied in Spain, particularly over the last 20
years, mainly because of their role as vectors of arboviral diseases that affect livestock. Most …

Comparative monitoring of the abundance and distribution of Culicoides biting midges
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), the biological vectors of the causative agents of several …

The light trap is an important tool to determine the presence and abundance of vectors in the
field. However, no one has studied the efficiency of light traps for collecting Culicoides in …

Biting midges in the genus Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are known to
transmit many pathogens of veterinary and medical concern. Although much work has been …

Retrospective serological and case diagnostic data of endemic bluetongue virus (BTV) and
epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) provide evidence of viral transmission among …

Culicoides biting midges are well known biological vectors of several arboviruses causing
more than 100 veterinary and medical diseases worldwide. In Algeria, bluetongue virus …

Factors influencing annual and seasonal abundance of Culicoides sonorensis (Wirth and
Jones)(Diptera; Ceratopogonidae) were examined at 10 sites in southern Alberta using …