EFFECT OF DIFFERENT BLOOD SOURCES ON THE FEEDING TIME OF SAND FLY, PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI

The feeding time for sand fly females was determined experimentally by feeding of thirty females (3-5 days-old) sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi on different blood sources (human, pigeon, hamster and blab C mice). Mean feeding time was longest on blab C mice, 8.55 minutes, followed by hamster, 7.05 min...

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Published inJournal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Vol. 45; no. 3; p. 555
Main Authors Roby, Noura Heikal, Hussein, Mohamed A, Doha, Said A M, Ghany, Sanaa Abdel Sattar Abdel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Egypt 01.12.2015
Subjects
Animals
Columbidae - blood
Cricetinae
Feeding Behavior - physiology
Female
Humans
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Phlebotomus - physiology
Species Specificity
Time Factors
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Summary:The feeding time for sand fly females was determined experimentally by feeding of thirty females (3-5 days-old) sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi on different blood sources (human, pigeon, hamster and blab C mice). Mean feeding time was longest on blab C mice, 8.55 minutes, followed by hamster, 7.05 minutes, then pigeon, 4.84minutes, and finally human, 4.69 minutes. Significant difference was observed in the feeding time between females fed on hamster and balb c mice but there is no significant difference between females fed on human and pigeon.
ISSN:1110-0583
DOI:10.12816/0017915