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Polymerase chain reaction\u2013based blood-meal analysis was performed on 663 blood-engorged <jats:italic>Culicoides<\/jats:italic> females collected by 7 Florida mosquito control districts at 24 sentinel chicken arbovirus surveillance sites in 2017. A total of 638 blood meals were successfully analyzed to determine host species source, representing 11 <jats:italic>Culicoides<\/jats:italic> species. The most commonly bitten host was domestic chicken (<jats:italic>Gallus gallus<\/jats:italic>) (presumably sentinel chickens), constituting 565 of 638 (88.6%) the total blood meals. Other common hosts included humans (5.8%), white-tailed deer (<jats:italic>Odoocoileus virginianus<\/jats:italic>) (2.5%), and brown basilisk (<jats:italic>Basiliscus vittatus<\/jats:italic>) (1.6%). Significant differences in distribution of mammal and avian blood meals were found for a number of <jats:italic>Culicoides<\/jats:italic> species, and these patterns did not vary across locations. These results indicate that sentinel chickens are exposed to bites by <jats:italic>Culicoides<\/jats:italic>, potentially exposing them to <jats:italic>Culicoides-<\/jats:italic>borne pathogens. The findings that vertebrate host use was consistent across locations suggests that each <jats:italic>Culicoides<\/jats:italic> species has affinity for one or more specific animal groups, and does not feed randomly upon available animals.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2987\/19-6834.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,24]],"date-time":"2019-10-24T20:31:41Z","timestamp":1571949101000},"page":"200-206","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Host Associations Of Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Culicoides) Near Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Locations In Florida, USA"],"prefix":"10.2987","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"Kristin E.","family":"Sloyer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Florida IFAS, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, 200 9th Street SE, Vero Beach, FL 32962"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carolina","family":"Acevedo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Florida IFAS, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, 200 9th Street SE, Vero Beach, FL 32962"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alfred E.","family":"Runkel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Florida IFAS, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, 200 9th Street SE, Vero Beach, FL 32962"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nathan D.","family":"Burkett-Cadena","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Florida IFAS, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, 200 9th Street SE, Vero Beach, FL 32962"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1569","reference":[{"key":"i8756-971X-35-3-200-Atkinson1","series-title":"Can J Zool","first-page":"2634","article-title":"Host specificity and morphometric variation of Haemoproteus meleagridis Levine, 1961 (Protozoa: Haemosporina) in gallinaceous birds","volume":"64","author":"Atkinson \n              CT.","year":"1986","unstructured":"Atkinson \n              CT. \n            \n          \n          1986. 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