Research Article

African Swine Fever Virus Load in Hematophagous Dipterans Collected in Outbreaks from Romania: Risk Factors and Implications

Table 2

Number of pools of Culicoides per species by the month of collection, type of farm (CF = commercial farm; TAF = type A farm; BF = backyard farm), and presence of pigs at the time of sampling.

SpeciesMonthType of farmPresence of pigsTotal
JunJulAugSepBFTAFCFPigsNo pigs

Localities4394105561420
C. obsoletus427638548586159120
C. newsteadi1011141385111526
C. punctatus20182441030311344
C. nubeculosus20241827143172744
C. circumscriptus20289213912
C. festivipennis0016502437
C. lupicaris00529295003434
C. pulicaris0051105516
C. puncticollis0001100011
C. submaritimus0101200022
Total pools10414214014547104132164296

BF: backyard farms; TAF: type “A” farm; CF: commercial farm.