Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Letter
Breeding Sites of Bluetongue Virus Vectors, Belgium
Jean-Yves Zimmer, Claude Saegerman, Bertrand Losson, and Eric Haubruge
Table
Culicoides species obtained from dried dung samples inside a cowshed, Spy, Belgium, 2008
| Sampling period | Carbon: nitrogen index | No. Culicoides specimens | Culicoides species |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. obsoletus males | C. obsoletus/scoticus females | |||
| Late February | 19.5 | 53 | 40 | 13 |
| Mid-June | 12.8 | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| Late October | 12.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
