Blood-feeding patterns of horse flies in the French Pyrenees
Horse flies can mechanically transmit Besnoitia besnoiti, the agent of bovine besnoitiosis. Although previously limited to enzootic areas, especially the French Pyrenees Mountains, bovine besnoitiosis is now considered a re-emerging disease in western Europe. To improve understanding of the role of horse flies as mechanical vectors, this study investigated their blood-feeding ecology in the eastern French Pyrenees, in two high-altitude summer pastures whose main domestic ungulates were cattle, and in a wildlife park with native fauna. Species-specific PCR assays were conducted to identify the sources of blood meals: wild boar, horse, cattle (or bison), sheep (or mouflon), goat, red deer, roe deer and izard (or Pyrenean chamois). In La Mouline pasture, tabanids (N = 20) fed on red deer (70%) and cattle (30%). In Mantet pasture, tabanids (N = 24) fed on cattle (52%), red deer (20%), wild boar (16%), horse (8%) and sheep (4%). In the wildlife park, Tabanus bromius (N = 32), the most abundant species collected, fed on red deer (85%), bison (9%) and wild boar (6%). Despite relatively high densities in both the pastures and in the wildlife park, small wild ungulates (izard, mouflon and roe deer) were not detected as a source of blood meals. Only two mixed blood meals were identified in two specimens of T. bromius: cattle/horse for the specimen collected in the pastures, and bison/wild boar for the specimen collected in the wildlife park. Our findings showed that tabanids display a level of opportunistic feeding behaviour, in addition to a preference for red deer, the latter being particularly true for Philipomyia aprica, the most abundant species collected in the pastures.
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dig-cirad-fr-5716542024-01-28T21:46:38Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/571654/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/571654/ Blood-feeding patterns of horse flies in the French Pyrenees. Baldacchino Frédéric, Gardes Laëtitia, De Stordeur E., Jay-Robert Pierre, Garros Claire. 2014. Veterinary Parasitology, 199 (3-4) : 283-288.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.10.009 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.10.009> Blood-feeding patterns of horse flies in the French Pyrenees Baldacchino, Frédéric Gardes, Laëtitia De Stordeur, E. Jay-Robert, Pierre Garros, Claire eng 2014 Veterinary Parasitology L72 - Organismes nuisibles des animaux L73 - Maladies des animaux U30 - Méthodes de recherche Besnoitia comportement alimentaire sang préférence alimentaire animal domestique animal sauvage bétail bovin cheval sanglier bison ovin cerf Cervus elaphus PCR cytochrome b enquête http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_888 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2840 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_959 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29779 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2356 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24103 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4397 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1391 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3668 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24131 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_939 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7030 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2152 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9718 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34079 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32420 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7537 Pyrénées Languedoc-Roussillon France http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1336052905435 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4188 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3081 Horse flies can mechanically transmit Besnoitia besnoiti, the agent of bovine besnoitiosis. Although previously limited to enzootic areas, especially the French Pyrenees Mountains, bovine besnoitiosis is now considered a re-emerging disease in western Europe. To improve understanding of the role of horse flies as mechanical vectors, this study investigated their blood-feeding ecology in the eastern French Pyrenees, in two high-altitude summer pastures whose main domestic ungulates were cattle, and in a wildlife park with native fauna. Species-specific PCR assays were conducted to identify the sources of blood meals: wild boar, horse, cattle (or bison), sheep (or mouflon), goat, red deer, roe deer and izard (or Pyrenean chamois). In La Mouline pasture, tabanids (N = 20) fed on red deer (70%) and cattle (30%). In Mantet pasture, tabanids (N = 24) fed on cattle (52%), red deer (20%), wild boar (16%), horse (8%) and sheep (4%). In the wildlife park, Tabanus bromius (N = 32), the most abundant species collected, fed on red deer (85%), bison (9%) and wild boar (6%). Despite relatively high densities in both the pastures and in the wildlife park, small wild ungulates (izard, mouflon and roe deer) were not detected as a source of blood meals. Only two mixed blood meals were identified in two specimens of T. bromius: cattle/horse for the specimen collected in the pastures, and bison/wild boar for the specimen collected in the wildlife park. Our findings showed that tabanids display a level of opportunistic feeding behaviour, in addition to a preference for red deer, the latter being particularly true for Philipomyia aprica, the most abundant species collected in the pastures. article info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal Article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/571654/1/document_571654.pdf application/pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.10.009 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.10.009 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.10.009 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/purl/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.10.009 |
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Horse flies can mechanically transmit Besnoitia besnoiti, the agent of bovine besnoitiosis. Although previously limited to enzootic areas, especially the French Pyrenees Mountains, bovine besnoitiosis is now considered a re-emerging disease in western Europe. To improve understanding of the role of horse flies as mechanical vectors, this study investigated their blood-feeding ecology in the eastern French Pyrenees, in two high-altitude summer pastures whose main domestic ungulates were cattle, and in a wildlife park with native fauna. Species-specific PCR assays were conducted to identify the sources of blood meals: wild boar, horse, cattle (or bison), sheep (or mouflon), goat, red deer, roe deer and izard (or Pyrenean chamois). In La Mouline pasture, tabanids (N = 20) fed on red deer (70%) and cattle (30%). In Mantet pasture, tabanids (N = 24) fed on cattle (52%), red deer (20%), wild boar (16%), horse (8%) and sheep (4%). In the wildlife park, Tabanus bromius (N = 32), the most abundant species collected, fed on red deer (85%), bison (9%) and wild boar (6%). Despite relatively high densities in both the pastures and in the wildlife park, small wild ungulates (izard, mouflon and roe deer) were not detected as a source of blood meals. Only two mixed blood meals were identified in two specimens of T. bromius: cattle/horse for the specimen collected in the pastures, and bison/wild boar for the specimen collected in the wildlife park. Our findings showed that tabanids display a level of opportunistic feeding behaviour, in addition to a preference for red deer, the latter being particularly true for Philipomyia aprica, the most abundant species collected in the pastures. |
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L72 - Organismes nuisibles des animaux L73 - Maladies des animaux U30 - Méthodes de recherche Besnoitia comportement alimentaire sang préférence alimentaire animal domestique animal sauvage bétail bovin cheval sanglier bison ovin cerf Cervus elaphus PCR cytochrome b enquête http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_888 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2840 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_959 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_29779 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2356 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24103 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4397 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1391 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3668 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_24131 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_939 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7030 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2152 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_9718 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34079 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32420 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7537 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1336052905435 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4188 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3081 |
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Baldacchino, Frédéric Gardes, Laëtitia De Stordeur, E. Jay-Robert, Pierre Garros, Claire |
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Baldacchino, Frédéric Gardes, Laëtitia De Stordeur, E. Jay-Robert, Pierre Garros, Claire |
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Blood-feeding patterns of horse flies in the French Pyrenees |
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Blood-feeding patterns of horse flies in the French Pyrenees |
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Blood-feeding patterns of horse flies in the French Pyrenees |
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Blood-feeding patterns of horse flies in the French Pyrenees |
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Blood-feeding patterns of horse flies in the French Pyrenees |
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blood-feeding patterns of horse flies in the french pyrenees |
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