Bluetongue: A Hypothesis of Control Strategy through Decrease of Culicoides and Their Associated Damage in Farm

The main object of this research has been to apply the scientific assumption that the alkalization is able to make inhospitable the larval reproductive sites in the identified area (Sant'Antioco). The research has been conducted in the pilot farm into the selected area of Sant'Antioco where the first hypothesis has been tested and the information about larval development has been collected. During the whole experimental period have been collected all the data about captures in the black light traps and captures in the soile traps. Experimental data first of all have been emphasize the possibility of decrease the larval reproduction extremely in the alkalized sites then have allowed to study the Bluetongue vectors density closely and its relation with the disease prevalence in the heads presents in the near farms. The results revealed the different distribution of the disease prevalence in the several farms, referable to minute variation of the farm location. In the end it seems essential to improve the farm management through the widespread action of awakening to farmers.