Survival and reproductive performance of female Glossina morsitans when maintained on the blood of different species of wild mammals

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dc.creatorMoloo, S.K.
dc.creatorGrootenhuis, J.G.
dc.creatorKar, S.K.
dc.creatorKarstad, L.
dc.date1988-10
dc.date2013-06-11T09:22:49Z
dc.date2013-06-11T09:22:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T16:38:07Z
dc.descriptionABSTRACT. A study was carried out to determine the effect on the reproductive performance of female Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood when allowed to feed, in vitro, for 63 days on fresh defibrinated blood of buffalo, bushbuck, cattle, eland, oryx, warthog, waterbuck or wildebeest. There were marginal differences in the survival and reproductive performance between eight different groups of tsetse, 200 per group, when fed on the blood of these mammalian species. When allowed to feed for 14 consecutive days on the blood of buffalo, wildebeest or warthog, the mean number of feeds were 6.2 ± 0.3, 6.5 ± 0.3 and 6.3 ± 0.3, respectively. The mean weight of the bloodmeal taken also did not differ significantly between these three groups. Whereas the protein patterns of the blood plasma of the above eight host animals were different, the protein patterns of the haemolymph from tsetse fed on the blood of these hosts were identical. It is thus concluded that the preference shown by tsetse for some mammalian species investigated here may not be based on any aspect of the nutritional value of their blood.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/29221
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/128813
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceMedical & Veterinary Entomology;2: 347-350
dc.subjectglossina morsitans
dc.subjectreproduction
dc.subjectwild animals
dc.subjectlymphocytes
dc.subjectanimal diseases
dc.subjectparasitology
dc.titleSurvival and reproductive performance of female Glossina morsitans when maintained on the blood of different species of wild mammals
dc.typeJournal Article

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