Table 2.
Analysis of blood sucking insects (BSI) for detection of INKV from eight different reindeer pastures in Norway by RT-PCR and pyrosequencing
| Locations | Number of pools of BSI analysed | Number of pools positive for INKV by RT-PCR | Number of pools positive by pyrosequencing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | |||
| Tana | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Lakselv | 12 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Tromsø | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Lødingen | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Hattfjelldal | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fosen | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1* | 1 |
| Røros | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1* | 1 |
| Valdres | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Total = 213 | 2 | 2 | |||
Bold indicates the positive samples and they were collected in 2014
* = the two positive pools were collected in 2014