| monitoring of culicoides at nine locations in southern germany (2007-2008). | within the countrywide monitoring of culicoides species established by the german federal ministry of food, agriculture and user protection (bmelv), the group regensburg evaluated nine bg-sentinel midge traps located at cattle farms in the federal states baden-württemberg (bw) and bavaria (by) between march 2007 and may 2008. the highest numbers of midges were found in the months october and august. btv serotype 8 genome was detected in four batches in the months september and october 2007. | 2009 | 19308449 |