Blood Meal Sources of Glossina pallidipes and G. longipennis (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Nguruman, Southwest Kenya
| Autor: | H.F.A. Kaburia, Erastus K. Kang'ethe, Hitoshi Sasaki |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Veterinary medicine
Tsetse Flies General Veterinary Host (biology) digestive oral and skin physiology Insect Bites and Stings Feeding Behavior Glossina pallidipes Biology medicine.disease Blood meal Kenya Insect bites and stings Glossinidae Blood Infectious Diseases Insect Science Vector (epidemiology) parasitic diseases Dry season medicine Animals Humans Parasitology Trypanosomiasis |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Entomology. 32:390-393 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2928 0022-2585 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jmedent/32.3.390 |
| Popis: | In total, 1,952 Glossina pallidipes Austen and 1,098 G. longipennis Corti adults were collected in forest and savanna habitat in Nguruman, southwestern Kenya, by NG2G traps during the dry season of 1992. Of these, 339 individuals (11.1%) had blood meals, of which 155 (45.7%) were identified by direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The most frequent blood meal source was bushbuck, followed by ostrich, elephant, buffalo, and warthog. Few meals were taken from cattle. The findings of frequent blood meals from ostriches is new for G. pallidipes and may indicate that ostriches are an important host. More detailed work on the role of ostriches in the epidemiology of trypanosomiasis is required. |
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