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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Veterinary Infectious Diseases
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1451442

Culicoides biting midges among cattle in France: be wary of data in the literature

Provisionally accepted
Christine M. Dr Christine M. Dr 1*Leila H. Dr Leila H. Dr 1*Denis Augot Denis Augot 2*
  • 1 EA 7510 ESCAPE, USC VECPAR, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne,, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France
  • 2 Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France

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    Culicoides are vectors that can transmit many different pathogens to mammalsincluding humans, and domestic and wild animalsand birds. In order to take preventive measures against any vector-borne disease, it is important to gather information on both the host and vector species. Culicoides species are mainly mammalophilic, ornithophilic or ornithophilic/mammalophilic, but females have also been found to occasionally feed on engorged insects. A recent systematic review based on three groups of key words investigated Culicoides on farms, and asserted that 92 species (including four not present species) have been reported among cattle in mainland France and Corsica. Our research used molecular and indirect investigations to analyse Culicoides species that had been feeding on cattle. Our results demonstrate that 45 species feed on cattle out of 92 species present in France.Furthermore, we have re-evaluated the presence of Culicoides species in cattle in France. Our data show that only 18 species are reported among cattle. The paper discusses the relevance of data in the literature when investigating hosts of Culicoides species.

    Keywords: Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science (section Veterinary Infectious Diseases-General Commentary or Opinion) France, Cattle, Culicoides, vectors, pathogen, France

    Received: 19 Jun 2024; Accepted: 26 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Dr, Dr and Augot. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Christine M. Dr, EA 7510 ESCAPE, USC VECPAR, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne,, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France
    Leila H. Dr, EA 7510 ESCAPE, USC VECPAR, ANSES, SFR Cap Santé, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne,, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France
    Denis Augot, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France

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