Monthly and Daily Dynamics of Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Muscidae) in Livestock Farms of the Batna Region (Northeastern Algeria)
Abstract
1. Background
2. Methods
2.1. Animals and Study Area
2.2. Flies Trapping
2.3. Flies Identification and Data Analysis
2.4. Climatic Data
3. Results
3.1. S.calcitrans Abundance
3.2. S. calcitrans Activity
3.3. S. calcitrans Abundance Among Farms
3.4. Influence of Climatic Factors
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Cattle | Small Ruminants | |||
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N | FDT | N | FDT | |
S. calcitrans | 1162 | 68.35 | 82 | 5.85 |
S. calcitrans ♂ | 1030 | 60.58 | 74 | 5.29 |
S. calcitrans ♀ | 132 | 7.76 | 8 | 0.57 |
Temperature | Precipitation | Wind Speed | Relative Humidity | ||
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Stomoxys calcitrans | Correlation coefficient | 0.290 | 0.153 | 0.034 | −0.035 |
Spearman’s p value | 0.000 | 0.034 | 0.637 | 0.625 | |
Males S. calcitrans | Correlation coefficient | 0.250 | 0.153 | 0.047 | −0.022 |
Spearman’s p value | 0.000 | 0.034 | 0.520 | 0.760 | |
Females S. calcitrans | Correlation coefficient | 0.165 | 0.144 | −0.052 | 0.015 |
Spearman’s p value | 0.022 | 0.046 | 0.469 | 0.837 |
Summer | Automn | Winter | Spring | Summer | |||||||||||||
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2022 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | July | |||||
Stomoxys calcitrans | 0.5 | 36 | 249.5 | 102 | 32.25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 8 | ||||
S. calcitrans ♂ | 0.5 | 30 | 242 | 92.6 | 20.75 | 10.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 4 | ||||
S. calcitrans ♀ | 0 | 6 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 11.5 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Temperature (°C) | 34.41 | 30.04 | 28.81 | 19.65 | 14.83 | 10.35 | 7.77 | 10.59 | 16.64 | 19.04 | 22.73 | 26.16 | 35.96 | ||||
Maximum Temperature (°C) | 39.14 | 36.73 | 36.52 | 28.06 | 23.63 | 19.89 | 16.97 | 19.82 | 25.03 | 30.72 | 28.42 | 34.39 | 39.63 | ||||
Minimum temperature (°C) | 14.46 | 14.54 | 8.17 | 8.56 | −0.12 | −0.34 | −4.9 | −5.91 | −3.32 | −1.88 | 3.39 | 9.96 | 17.29 | ||||
Relative Humidity (%) | 18.67 | 27.24 | 33.6 | 50.66 | 53.94 | 58.39 | 55.79 | 40.88 | 33.68 | 27.97 | 29.2 | 36.5 | 13.71 | ||||
Precipitation (mm) | 0.0015 | 0.041 | 0.024 | 0.137 | 0.073 | 0.012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0008 | 0 | 0.003 | 0.011 | 0 | ||||
Wind speed (m/s) | 2.37 | 3.54 | 2.8 | 2.17 | 1.49 | 1.44 | 1.12 | 1.17 | 2.52 | 2.66 | 1.94 | 4.67 | 6.28 | ||||
Maximum wind speed (m/s) | 5.34 | 7.29 | 6.25 | 4.2 | 7.23 | 5.52 | 6.31 | 5.79 | 6.01 | 5.74 | 6.43 | 5.62 | 6.00 | ||||
Minimum wind speed (m/s) | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.1 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.12 |
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Azzouzi, C.; Boucheikhchoukh, M.; Mechouk, N.; Sedraoui, S.; Zenia, S. Monthly and Daily Dynamics of Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Muscidae) in Livestock Farms of the Batna Region (Northeastern Algeria). Parasitologia 2025, 5, 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia5040052
Azzouzi C, Boucheikhchoukh M, Mechouk N, Sedraoui S, Zenia S. Monthly and Daily Dynamics of Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Muscidae) in Livestock Farms of the Batna Region (Northeastern Algeria). Parasitologia. 2025; 5(4):52. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia5040052
Chicago/Turabian StyleAzzouzi, Chaimaa, Mehdi Boucheikhchoukh, Noureddine Mechouk, Scherazad Sedraoui, and Safia Zenia. 2025. "Monthly and Daily Dynamics of Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Muscidae) in Livestock Farms of the Batna Region (Northeastern Algeria)" Parasitologia 5, no. 4: 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia5040052
APA StyleAzzouzi, C., Boucheikhchoukh, M., Mechouk, N., Sedraoui, S., & Zenia, S. (2025). Monthly and Daily Dynamics of Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Muscidae) in Livestock Farms of the Batna Region (Northeastern Algeria). Parasitologia, 5(4), 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia5040052