Table 2 Analysis of blood sucking insects (BSI) for detection of INKV from eight different reindeer pastures in Norway by RT-PCR and pyrosequencing
Locations | Number of pools of BSI analysed | Number of pools positive for INKV by RT-PCR | Number of pools positive by pyrosequencing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013–2014 | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | |||
Tana | 5 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Lakselv | 12 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Tromsø | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Lødingen | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Hattfjelldal | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Fosen | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1* | 1 |
Røros | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1* | 1 |
Valdres | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Total = 213 | 2 | 2 | |||