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Entomological surveillance for bluetongue virus in Poland: late-season activity and abundance of Culicoides vectors in 2024 Cover

Entomological surveillance for bluetongue virus in Poland: late-season activity and abundance of Culicoides vectors in 2024

Journal of Veterinary Research
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By: Małgorzata KwaśnikORCID,  Anna OrłowskaORCID,  Wojciech RożekORCID,  Magdalena LarskaORCID and  Jerzy RolaORCID  
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|Nov 2025

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Map of 11 Culicoides sampling locations in Poland generated using Google Earth 10.81.0.1. The numbers correspond to those in Table 1
Map of 11 Culicoides sampling locations in Poland generated using Google Earth 10.81.0.1. The numbers correspond to those in Table 1

Fig 2.

A - Temporal dynamics of Culicoides abundance across 11 trapping sites in Poland. Individual trapping locations are differentiated by colour; B - Graph of the dynamic of Culicoides numbers trappe
A - Temporal dynamics of Culicoides abundance across 11 trapping sites in Poland. Individual trapping locations are differentiated by colour; B - Graph of the dynamic of Culicoides numbers trappe

Fig. 3.

Pie chart showing the species composition of Culicoides specimens collected during trapping conducted from 9 September to 29 November at 11 sites in Poland
Pie chart showing the species composition of Culicoides specimens collected during trapping conducted from 9 September to 29 November at 11 sites in Poland

Fig. 4.

Gonotrophic structure of Culicoides populations captured weekly in 2024, showing the number of nulliparous, parous, blood-fed and gravid females
Gonotrophic structure of Culicoides populations captured weekly in 2024, showing the number of nulliparous, parous, blood-fed and gravid females

Summary of Culicoides midge collections by Polish county, including collection dates, total number of collected and proportion of blood-fed or post-blood-feeding individuals

No.CountyCoordinatesVoivodeshipCollection startCollection endTotal midges% Blood-fed / Post-blood-feeding
1Milicki51.5582817.42570Dolnośląskie10/09/202425/11/20241,87475.7
2Ząbkowicki50.5416816.73937Dolnośląskie09/09/202428/10/202471965.8
3Wschowski51.8462616.32727Lubuskie17/09/202428/10/202412022.2
4Żarski51.7183314.90194Lubuskie11/09/202425/11/20241,46739.8
5Sieradzki51.6258816.36884Łódzkie11/09/202429/10/202431150.4
6Augustowski53.4529822.54266Podlaskie13/09/202412/11/20241,63647.7
7Białostocki52.8679022.79496Podlaskie13/09/202422/11/202417690.9
8Szczycieński53.5291520.95410Warmińsko-Mazurskie16/09/202425/11/20244,48067.2
9Nowotomyski52.2969415.99486Wielkopolskie10/09202421/11/202492069.5
10Kamieński53.8489214.66862Zachodnio-Pomorskie12/09/202427/10/202470737.0
11Szczecinecki53.6767116.49079Zachodnio-Pomorskie12/09/202429/11/202460664.4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2025-0066 | Journal eISSN: 2450-8608
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 25, 2025
Accepted on: Nov 19, 2025
Published on: Nov 26, 2025
Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
BTV,
Culicoides,
orbivirus,
UV light trap,
vector competence
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Molecular biology,
Microbiology and virology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

© 2025 Małgorzata Kwaśnik, Anna Orłowska, Wojciech Rożek, Magdalena Larska, Jerzy Rola, published by National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
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