Investigating the Role of Stable Flies (Stomoxys calcitrans) and Biting Midges (Culicoides spp.) of the genus Culicoides as Potential Mechanical Vectors of African Swine Fever Virus in Lithuania, Poland and Romania

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Balmoș O, Cattaneo E, Abrahantes Cortiñas J, Boklund A E, Szczotka-Bochniarz A, Mihalca A D, Mur L, Frant M, Gal-Cisoń A, Kwasnik M, Rozek W, Malakauskas A, Masiulis M, Turcinaviciene J, Chesnoiu T, Jazdzewski K, Rola J, Barbuceanu F, Miranda M Á, Stegeman J A, Dhollander S (2025). Investigating the Role of Stable Flies (Stomoxys calcitrans) and Biting Midges (Culicoides spp.) of the genus Culicoides as Potential Mechanical Vectors of African Swine Fever Virus in Lithuania, Poland and Romania. Version 1.1. Training Organization. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=efsa_oh_case_control&v=1.1

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Keywords

Occurrence; Stomoxys calcitrans; Culicoides; Mechanical transmission; African Swine Fever Virus; pigs; Observation

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Geographic Coverage

Romania, Lithuania, Poland

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Sampling Methods

• Stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans) Blue sticky traps were used to collect stable flies, based on the method described by Hogsette and Kline • Biting midges (Culicoides spp.) of the genus Culicoides CDC miniature light traps equipped with 4 W UV black light tubes were used to collect biting midges biting midges of the genus Culicoides following the methodology according to Medlock et al. Hogsette, J. A., & Kline, D. L. (2017). The knight stick trap and knight stick sticky wraps: new tools for stable fly (Diptera: Muscidae) management. Journal of Economic Entomology, 110(3), 1384–1389. Medlock J, Balenghien T, Alten B, Versteirt V, Schaffner F. Field sampling methods for mosquitoes, sandflies, biting midges and ticks. VectorNet project 2014–2018. EFSA supporting publication 2018;15(6):EN-1435. doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2018.EN-1435.

Method step description:

1. Method steps 1. Researchers from EFSA, the State Food and Veterinary Service and the Vilnius University, Life Sciences Centre in Lithuania; the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca and the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority in Romania; the National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy and the General Veterinary Inspectorate in Warsaw in Poland. defined the appropriate sampling protocol for the target species. 2. Fieldwork and labwork was planned and coordinated by the State Food and Veterinary Service and the Vilnius University, Life Sciences Centre in Lithuania; the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca and the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority in Romania; the National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy and the General Veterinary Inspectorate in Warsaw in Poland. 3. Data was collected in the field by specialized personnel. 4. The collected data was entered into an EFSA dedicated template 6.Data was sent to Vectornet and validated 7. The dataset is published and registered on GBIF.

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