Can insecticide-treated netting provide protection for Equids from Culicoides biting midges in the United Kingdom?

Table 11 Field trial two: Multiple Tukey’s all-pair comparisons of (i) the total number Culicoides collected (all species) and (ii) the total number of female potential AHSV vector species of Culicoides (Culicoides obsoletus (Meigen), 1818; Culicoides scoticus Downes and Kettle, 1952; Culicoides dewulfi (Goetghebuer), 1936; and Culicoides chiopterus (Meigen), 1830) collected within Ultraviolet (UV) Center for Disease Control (CDC) light-suction traps which are within stables whose entrances are either (i) covered with insecticide-treated mesh, (ii) covered with untreated mesh, or (iii) left uncovered, i.e. no mesh

		Insecticide-treated mesh	Untreated mesh	No mesh control
Total Culicoides	Insecticide-Treated Mesh	-	1.27^NS	−2.83***
	Untreated Mesh	-	-	−1.56***
	No Mesh Control	-	-	-
Total female potential AHSV vector Culicoides	Insecticide-Treated Mesh	-	1.27^NS	−2.83***
	Untreated Mesh	-	-	−1.56***
	No Mesh Control	-	-	-

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