Feeding behaviour and host preferences of British mosquitoes

1971 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. W. Service
Keyword(s):  
Blood Meal ◽  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Culex Pipiens ◽  
Natural Host ◽  
The Other ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
Host Preferences ◽  
Large Numbers

The arrival of mosquitoes at human bait under natural conditions could be divided into three behavioural phases, the exploratory, the penetration and feeding periods. The duration of these periods was recorded in Mansonia richiardii (Fie), Anopheles plumbeus Steph., Aedes punctor (Kby.), Ae. detritus (Hal.), Ae. cinereus Mg. and Ae. cantans (Mg.). Adults of M. richiardii took the longest (about 4 min) and those of Ae. cinereus the shortest (about 2 min) time to obtain a blood-meal. Penetration by the mosquitoes' mouthparts was felt in about 17% of the feeds, and irritation was caused by about 18% of the mosquitoes during feeding. The natural host preferences of these, and 11 other species, were determined by precipitin tests on blood engorged mosquitoes. Adults of Culex pipiens L., C. torrentium Mart, Culiseta morsitans (Theo.) and C. litorea (Shute) were essentially avian feeders; three adults of the latter two species had also fed on unidentified reptiles. Most adults of the other species had fed mainly on mammals. There were few multiple feeds. Although the ability of a mosquito to take a blood-meal quickly from a host was recognised as important, other phenomena such as uninterrupted feeding, simultaneous feeding by large numbers of mosquitoes and host desensitisation to bites were also considered important in contributing to the success or failure of a mosquito in obtaining a blood-meal.

Effects of host spectra on feeding behaviour and reproduction of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae)

1978 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Galun ◽  
S. Sternberg ◽  
Christine Mango
Keyword(s):  
Tick Species ◽  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Natural Host ◽  
The Other ◽  
Laboratory Animals ◽  
Argas Persicus

AbstractArgas persicus (Oken) fed readily on avian hosts and consumed more blood and produced more eggs than on mammalian hosts. Ornithodoros tholozani (Lab. & Mégn.) fed equally well on chicken and various laboratory animals and converted the blood of all hosts into eggs at equal rates. O. moubata (Murr.) was intermediate, feeding more readily on chicken, rabbit and guineapig than on mouse, rat or hamster, and showing greater utilisation of blood of chicken and rabbit than of the other hosts. The relation of these phenomena to the natural host spectra of the 3 tick species is discussed.

Observations on non-pigmented haemosporidia of Brazilian lizards, including a new species ofSaurocytozooninMabuya mabouya(Scincidae)

Parasitology ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Lainson ◽  
Irène Landau ◽  
J. J. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Blood Meal ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Culex Pipiens ◽  
Maximum Size ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mixed Infections ◽  
Culex Pipiens Fatigans ◽  
Natural Vector ◽  
A New Species

Of 63 specimens of the lizardMabuya mabouya(Scincidae) examined in Pará State, Brazil, 31 showed one or more haemosporidians in the peripheral blood. These includedGarnia(Plasmodium)morula(Telford, 1970), Lainson, Landau & Shaw, 1971;Plasmodium tropiduriandP. diploglossiAragão & Neiva, 1909; aPlasmodiumspecies close toP. diminutivumTelford, 1973a; and a new species ofSaurocytozoonLainson & Shaw, 1969a. Eleven different combinations of these parasites were noted, emphasizing the care needed in avoiding erroneous descriptions based on mixed infections. This is especially so whenG. morulais mixed withP. tropidurior other species with small, rounded gametocytes occupying a polar position in the red blood cells. Of 18 skinks infected withG. morula, 10 had pure infections, as judged by repeated examinations over long periods. The morphology of the Brazilian parasite is very similar to that described forG. morulafrom Panama (Telford, 1970): no malarial pigment could be demonstrated in any stage of the infection, including ookinetes and possible early oocysts which were studied in experimentally infectedCulex pipiens fatigans. Ookinetes and rounded forms, possibly representing uninucleate oocysts, persisted in these insects up to 24 h after the blood-meal, but developed no further.C. p. fatigansis thus unlikely to be a natural vector ofG. morula. Saurocytozoon mabuyisp.nov. is described inM. mabouya: the gametocytes develop in the lymphocytes and monocytes of the circulating blood and reach maximum size in 19–28 days. The parasite can be distinguished from the other known species,S. tupinambiof the teiid lizardTupinambus nigropunctatus, by its smaller gametocytes. Nothing is known of the sporogonic cycle. Differences between the sporogonic stages ofS. tupinambiandLeucocytozoonare listed.

scholarly journals Risk of pre-term births and major birth defects resulting from paternal intake of COVID-19 medications prior to conception

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Rizzi ◽  
Maarten J. Wensink ◽  
Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen ◽  
Lu Tian ◽  
Ying Lu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Birth Outcomes ◽  
Birth Defects ◽  
Sperm Quality ◽  
The Other ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Adverse Birth Outcomes ◽  
Term Birth ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Term Births

Abstract Objective With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, large numbers of people will receive one of the several medications proposed to treat COVID-19, including patients of reproductive age. Given that some medications have shown adverse effects on sperm quality, there might be a transgenerational concern. We aim at examining the association between drugs proposed to treat COVID-19 when taken by the father around conception and any pre-term birth or major birth defects in offspring in a nation-wide cohort study using Danish registry data. Offspring whose father filled at least one prescription of the following medications in the 3 months preceding conception were considered exposed: chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, losartan, azithromycin, naproxen, dexamethasone and prednisone. Results For azithromycin and naproxen, large numbers of offspring were exposed (> 1800 offspring), and we found no association with adverse birth outcomes. For chloroquine, losartan and dexamethasone, exposure was intermediate (~ 900 offspring), and there was no statistically significant association with birth defects. For hydroxychloroquine and prednisone, exposure was limited (< 300 offspring). Our evidence suggests that azithromycin and naproxen are safe with respect to pre-term birth and birth defects. For the other drugs investigated larger exposures are needed for conclusive statements.

Beta-Blocker Attenuates Cardiotoxicity Related Anthracycline Usage

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (8) ◽  
pp. 1389-1392
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Cancer Therapy ◽  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Beta Blocker ◽  
The Other ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Therapy Effectiveness ◽  
Chemotherapy Agents

To summarize the recent trials and studies of the role of beta-blocker on the treatment for cancer patients treated with anthracycline to decrease morbidity and mortality rate. Good management of cancer will result in large numbers of cancer survivors. On the other hand, cancer therapy also has side effects, one of which is cardiotoxicity. Cardiotoxicity could reduce therapy effectiveness, hence, increase disease progression and mortality rate. Anthracyclines is one of the chemotherapy agents with cardiotoxicity as a side effect. Beta-blocker has the ability to reduce cardiotoxicity due to anthracyclines usage. Keywords: Beta-blocker; Cardiotoxicity; Anthracyclines

Age and food hardness affect food handling by insectivorous bats

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (9) ◽  
pp. 985-993 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.E. Fraser ◽  
M.B. Fenton
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Foraging ◽  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Myotis Lucifugus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Food Handling ◽  
Insectivorous Bats ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Food Items ◽  
And Gender

Eating behaviour can vary with age, experience, and gender, as well as food hardness. This variation can contribute to intraspecific dietary differences and may result in variable definitions of optimal foraging and decreased intraspecific competition. We quantified feeding behaviour of insectivorous bats eating hard and soft mealworm-based food items based on the bats’ ability to consume and manipulate food items, consumption time, chew frequency, and total chews to consume. Adult Myotis lucifugus (LeConte, 1831) were more successful at both consuming and manipulating mealworms and consumed mealworms more quickly, with greater chew frequency and in fewer chews, than did subadults. Adults chewed mealworm viscera more frequently than did subadults but showed no differences in the other variables. Adult Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois, 1796) consumed mealworms more quickly and with fewer chews than did subadults but showed no differences in the other variables. There were no differences between adult and subadult E. fuscus when consuming mealworm viscera. Male and female M. lucifugus did not differ significantly when eating either mealworms or mealworm viscera. There was no change in subadult consumption time of mealworms over the summer. Age-based differences in eating abilities may play a role in defining optimal foraging and dietary composition in insectivorous bats.

scholarly journals UDDER INFECTION WITH STREPTOCOCCI OF THE SCARLET FEVER TYPE

1928 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 945-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. S. Jones ◽  
Ralph B. Little
Keyword(s):  
Scarlet Fever ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Raw Milk ◽  
The Other ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
Severe Attack ◽  
General Reaction ◽  
Original Process ◽  
Secondary Infections ◽  
Short Time

The clinical and bacteriological findings in two cows the udders of which became infected under natural conditions with hemolytic streptococci of the scarlet fever type are discussed. One of the cows was found in a herd supplying raw milk to a small town where a milkborne outbreak of scarlet fever had occurred a short time before. When small numbers of the streptococcus obtained from this case were injected into the udder of a normal cow severe mastitis accompanied by a well marked general reaction resulted. Evidence leads to the conclusion that a severe attack of mastitis due to this organism in one quarter does not sufficiently immunize the other quarters to protect them completely since the streptococcus can be readily implanted in them. The secondary infections were much milder than the original process.

scholarly journals Host plant testing of the spittle bug carystoterpa fingens by stylet penetration behaviour

2007 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
W.R.M. Sandanayaka ◽  
A. Chhagan ◽  
P. Ramankutty
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Brassica Oleracea ◽  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
Electrical Penetration Graph ◽  
Host Preferences ◽  
Epg Technique ◽  
Homalodisca Coagulata ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Penetration Behaviour

Carystoterpa fingens (Walker) is an endemic xylem feeder It was chosen as a model insect for the glassy winged sharp shooter (Homalodisca coagulata (Say)) The electrical penetration graph (EPG) technique was used to measure realtime stylet penetration and feeding behaviour of 48 adult C fingens on four plant types hebe (Hebe pubescens) rengarenga lily (Arthropodium cirratum) wild iris (Dietes bicolor) and cabbage (Brassica oleracea) over 12 days EPG waveforms were recorded for 12 hours and the duration of the main penetration events (pathway ingestion and nonprobing phases) of the insects were analysed to compare host preferences There were no significant differences in the duration of ingestion indicating that all the plants were potential hosts for C fingens Insects on hebe showed the shortest nonprobing time suggesting that hebe was the most preferred host as expected from observations in the wild

scholarly journals Note: Recording of Some Beetles in Honey Bee Colonies

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.F. Abou-Shaara ◽  
M.E. Ahmad ◽  
J. Háva
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
The Other ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The World ◽  
Bee Bread ◽  
Small Hive Beetles ◽  
Bee Colonies ◽  
Different Parts

Abstract Honey bees are very valuable to human. These social insects contribute in the pollination of many crops. Also, the products from honey bee colonies have many nutritional and medicinal benefits. Thus, keeping honey bees are very valuable and can be considered as source of income to many families. There are many diseases and pests that attack honey bee colonies. The pests attack bee colonies include: hornets, wax moths, bee-eater birds, and beetles. Such challenges can impact the survival and productivity of honey bee colonies. In this study, some beetle species belong to Fam. Nitidulidae, Dermestidae and Mycetophagidae were detected in honey bee colonies in Egypt, during spring. Despite the presence of many beetle species in the agricultural environment, only few species preferred the invasion of the colonies for feeding. These beetles do not attack stages of honey bees. They only feed on stored pollen or bee bread, especially those fallen on the bottom of the beehives. This is an alarm to follow the feeding behavior and distribution of these beetles. These beetles’ species can be considered as potential pests to weak honey bee colonies, housed in old or damaged beehives. The presence of large numbers of these beetles in weak colonies may disturb the activities of the bees and may passively impact the survival of the colonies. Listing these beetles is very important to better understanding the interaction between honey bees and beetles. On the other side, small hive beetles were not detected in the colonies. These beetles are currently one of the major problems facing honey bees in different parts of the world. This study confirms the absence of small hive beetles from Egypt.

scholarly journals AGROFORESTRI BERBASIS ROTAN TERHADAP SOSIAL EKONOMI MASYARAKAT DI BARITO SELATAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Johanna Maria Rotinsulu ◽  
Sosilawaty Sosilawaty ◽  
Yanarita Yanarita
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Methods ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
The Other ◽  
Average Yield ◽  
Natural Conditions ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Economic Level ◽  
The Village ◽  
Society Research

South Barito is an area of rattan and rattan production center of the province of Central Kalimantan, on the other hand is one area that has natural conditions very conducive to the development of rattan. This study reveals how patterns in addition to planting and processing of rattan traditionally also analyze the socio-economic level of society. Research conducted in South Barito regency, District Karau in Two Villages is Bangkuang and New Salat. The village of the second sample is determined gardens and population are farmers who cultivate cane with sampling methods by simple random sampling, because the peasant population is homogeneous, the number of samples in each village 34 respondents or 68 farmers overall. The result showed that in general the rattan garden where the studies were not well-maintained, where the average of respondents (45%) said that maintenance is only performed at the time of going to the harvesting or one for rattan planting. Besides the low price of rattan is led to a reduction of land management / rattan gardens intensively. and production of rattan average yield of 2.6 tons ha-1 or 245.5 clumps of cane ha-1. For the villagers of business administration studies despite conditions that are considered less favorable, but they still look forward to the Government's policy to remain aligned to the Farmers Rattan. In addition, because cane is inherited and used as a hallmark of South Barito society in general.Barito Selatan merupakan daerah penghasil rotan dan sentra produksi rotan provinsi Kalimantan Tengah, selain itu merupakan salah satu wilayah yang memiliki kondisi alam yang sangat mendukung bagi perkembangan rotan. Penelitian ini selain untuk mengungkapkan bagaimana pola tanam dan pengolahan rotan secara tradisional juga  menganalisis tingkat sosial ekonomi masyarakat. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Kabupaten Barito Selatan, Kecamatan Karau di Dua Desa yaitu Bangkuang dan Salat Baru. Dari kedua Desa tersebut ditentukan kebun sampel dan populasi masyarakat  yaitu  petani yang mengusahakan rotan dengan metode pengambilan sampel secara simple random sampling, karena populasi petani bersifat homogen, jumlah sampel di masing-masing desa 34 responden atau keseluruhan 68 petani. Dari hasil penelitian diperoleh bahwa pada umumnya kebun rotan di tempat penelitian tersebut tidak terpelihara dengan baik, dimana rata-rata responden (45%) menyebutkan bahwa pemeliharaan hanya dilakukan pada saat akan dilakukan pemanenan atau satu kali selama rotan itu di tanam. Selain itu rendahnya  harga  rotan  sangat  berdampak pada berkurangnya pengelolaan lahan/kebun rotan secara intensif. dan hasil produksi rotan rata-rata diperoleh 2,6 ton ha-1 atau 245,5 rumpun rotan ha-1. Bagi masyarakat Desa studi walaupun kondisi tataniaga yang dianggap kurang menguntungkan, namun mereka masih berharap kebijakan Pemerintah tetap berpihak kepada Petani Rotan. Di samping itu  karena pada umumnya rotan merupakan warisan dan digunakan sebagai ciri khas masyarakat Barito Selatan.

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