Pilot Study of Invasive Mosquito Species Control in Selected Slovenian Municipalities

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q3 VETERINARY SCIENCES

Acta Veterinaria-Beograd Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.2478/acve-2022-0020

K. Kalan, Jana Šušnjar, J. Jugovic, V. Ivović

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Abstract

Abstract To reduce the population of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (Diptera: Culicidae), a mosquito control campaign was organized by five Slovenian municipalities in 2020. The campaign focused on the application of Aquatain AMFTM in public water containers. The main objective of our study was to test the efficacy of the agent by directly testing the water drains for mosquito larvae and monitoring the density of the mosquito population. The drains were inspected before and after the application of the product from May to September. A water sample was taken from the drains using a dipper. For mosquito monitoring, the number of mosquito eggs and adult mosquitoes was counted from June to October. Up to two weeks after the application of the product, we observed the lethal effect of Aquatain on mosquito larvae, pupae and adult mosquitoes. After rainfall, the product was washed away and the live mosquitoes were sampled in the inspected water drains. The average number of eggs collected per site was twice as high in the area without mosquito control as in the threated locations. Nevertheless, we assessed the mosquito control campaign as partially successful, as mosquito abundance was still high in the locations with mosquito control. However, we believe that this is a good starting point and that mosquito control should be continued in the future together with the citizen education campaign.

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在选定的斯洛文尼亚城市控制入侵蚊子物种的试点研究

摘要为了减少亚洲虎蚊白纹伊蚊（Skuse，1894）（直翅目：蚊科）的数量，斯洛文尼亚五个市镇于2020年组织了一场灭蚊运动。该活动的重点是Aquatain AMFTM在公共水箱中的应用。我们研究的主要目的是通过直接测试蚊子幼虫的排水管和监测蚊子种群密度来测试该药剂的功效。在5月至9月使用该产品前后，对排水沟进行了检查。用铲斗从排水沟中取样。在蚊子监测方面，从6月到10月统计了蚊子卵和成年蚊子的数量。在使用该产品两周后，我们观察到Aquatain对蚊子幼虫、蛹和成虫的致死作用。降雨后，产品被冲走，并在检查过的排水沟中对活蚊子进行采样。在没有蚊子控制的地区，每个地点收集的平均鸡蛋数量是受威胁地区的两倍。尽管如此，我们评估蚊子控制运动部分成功，因为在有蚊子控制的地区，蚊子数量仍然很高。不过，我们认为这是一个良好的起点，日后应继续进行灭蚊工作，并推行公民教育运动。

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Acta Veterinaria-Beograd 农林科学-兽医学

CiteScore

1.30

自引率

16.70%

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审稿时长

18-36 weeks

期刊介绍： The Acta Veterinaria is an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia, dedicated to the publication of original research articles, invited review articles, and to limited extent methodology articles and case reports. The journal considers articles on all aspects of veterinary science and medicine, including the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of medical conditions of domestic, companion, farm and wild animals, as well as the biomedical processes that underlie their health.