Abundance and diversity of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in southern Ontario, Canada.

Autor: Allen SE; Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Veterinary Services, Laramie, USA. samantha.allen@wyo.gov.; Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada. samantha.allen@wyo.gov.; Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada. samantha.allen@wyo.gov., Vigil SL; Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, USA., Furukawa-Stoffer T; Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Animal Diseases, Lethbridge, Canada., Colucci N; Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Animal Diseases, Lethbridge, Canada., Ambagala A; Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, Winnipeg, Canada., Pearl DL; Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada., Ruder MG; Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, USA., Jardine CM; Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.; Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada., Nemeth NM; Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.; Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Parasites & vectors [Parasit Vectors] 2023 Jun 14; Vol. 16 (1), pp. 201. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 14.
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-023-05799-w
Abstrakt: Background: Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is a genus of hematophagous midges feeding on various vertebrate hosts and serving as a vector for numerous pathogens important to livestock and wildlife health. North American pathogens include bluetongue (BT) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) viruses. Little is known about Culicoides spp. distribution and abundance and species composition in Ontario, Canada, despite bordering numerous U.S. states with documented Culicoides spp. and BT and EHD virus activity. We sought to characterize Culicoides spp. distribution and abundance and to investigate whether select meteorological and ecological risk factors influenced the abundance of Culicoides biguttatus, C. stellifer, and the subgenus Avaritia trapped throughout southern Ontario.
Methods: From June to October of 2017 to 2018, CDC-type LED light suction traps were placed on twelve livestock-associated sites across southern Ontario. Culicoides spp. collected were morphologically identified to the species level when possible. Associations were examined using negative binomial regression among C. biguttatus, C. stellifer, and subgenus Avaritia abundance, and select factors: ambient temperature, rainfall, primary livestock species, latitude, and habitat type.
Results: In total, 33,905 Culicoides spp. midges were collected, encompassing 14 species from seven subgenera and one species group. Culicoides sonorensis was collected from three sites during both years. Within Ontario, the northern trapping locations had a pattern of seasonal peak abundance in August (2017) and July (2018), and the southern locations had abundance peaks in June for both years. Culicoides biguttatus, C. stellifer, and subgenus Avaritia were significantly more abundant if ovine was the primary livestock species at trapping sites (compared to bovine). Culicoides stellifer and subgenus Avaritia were significantly more abundant at mid- to high-temperature ranges on trap days (i.e., 17.3-20.2 and 20.3-31.0 °C compared to 9.5-17.2 °C). Additionally, subgenus Avaritia were significantly more abundant if rainfall 4 weeks prior was between 2.7 and 20.1 mm compared to 0.0 mm and if rainfall 8 weeks prior was between 0.1 and 2.1 mm compared to 0.0 mm.
Conclusions: Results from our study describe Culicoides spp. distribution in southern Ontario, the potential for spread and maintenance of EHD and BT viruses, and concurrent health risks to livestock and wildlife in southern Ontario in reference to certain meteorological and ecological risk factors. We identified that Culicoides spp. are diverse in this province, and appear to be distinctly distributed spatially and temporally. The livestock species present, temperature, and rainfall appear to have an impact on the abundance of C. biguttatus, C. stellifer, and subgenus Avaritia trapped. These findings could help inform targeted surveillance, control measures, and the development of management guides for Culicoides spp. and EHD and BT viruses in southern Ontario, Canada.
(© 2023. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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