Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2007; 37 (3): 1091-1100
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-135365
ABSTRACT
The effect of the blood of human, Guinea pig and hamster on the different biological aspects of phlebotomid sand fly, Phiebotomus papatasi under laboratory conditions of 28 +/- 2°C, 75 +/- 5% RH and a 1410 hr. [LD] photoperiod regime was evaluated. Man was the most preferable host followed by hamster, and then Guinea pig. Human blood gave the highest yield of eggs [mean 65.15 eggs/female], highest hatchability [mean 96.23%], shortest egg incubation period [mean 7.37 days], shortest larval duration [mean 22.59 days], shortest adult emergence period [mean 39.73 days] and highest productivity of the adult progeny [mean; 81.75%]. As human blood can not be currently used for laboratory rearing and colonization of sand flies, the hamster may be chosen as source of a substituted blood for the long term colonization of P. papatasi
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Psychodidae
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Biology
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Blood
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Zoonoses
Language:
English
Journal:
J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol.
Year:
2007
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