Table 1.
Known midge vectors for BTV.
| Midge species | Sweden | The Netherlands | Italy | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farms | Peri-urban | Wetlands | Farms | Peri-urban | Wetlands | Farms | Peri-urban | Wetlands | ||
| Obsoletus group | 1760 | 10 | 136 | 7865 | 43 | 1448 | 33,069 | 54 | 25 | 44,410 |
| C. pulicaris | 892 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 184 | 1 | 0 | 1113 |
| C. punctatus | 120 | 3 | 36 | 191 | 7 | 776 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1174 |
| Total | 2772 | 14 | 178 | 8067 | 50 | 2242 | 33,291 | 57 | 26 | 46,697 |
Number of midges trapped for the known vectors of BTV in Europe, for each country (Sweden, The Netherlands, Italy) and habitat type (farms, peri-urban, wetlands). Data derived from Möhlmann et al.34.