Effect of Dirofilaria Immitis on Blood Meal Size and Fecundity in Aedes Aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)1

1985 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl C. Courtney ◽  
Bruce M. Christensen ◽  
Walter G. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Blood Meal ◽  
Dirofilaria Immitis ◽  
Meal Size ◽  
Blood Meal Size

METHODS OF MEASURING BLOOD MEAL SIZE AND PROTEINASE ACTIVITY FOR DETERMINING EFFECTS OF MATED STATE ON DIGESTIVE PROCESSES OF FEMALE AEDES AEGYPTI (L.) (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)

1986 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon G. Houseman ◽  
A.E.R. Downe
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Blood Meal ◽  
Trichloroacetic Acid ◽  
Acid Precipitation ◽  
Blood Feeding ◽  
Meal Size ◽  
Proteinase Activity ◽  
Protein Loss ◽  
Blood Meal Size ◽  
Digestive Processes

AbstractTwo techniques for measuring size of ingested blood meal and 5 methods of measuring proteinase activity in the midgut of Aedes aegypti are compared. Protein, measured after trichloroacetic acid precipitation, was found to be most suitable for determining blood meal size and loss of protein from the gut. Of 5 proteinase substrates tested (BAPNA (benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide), hemoglobin, casein, azocasein, and hide powder azure), BAPNA was considered most suitable for trypsin measurements. These techniques were used to show that virgin females, 6 and 10 days after eclosion, consumed smaller meals than mated females. Virgin females also showed delays in both onset of protein loss from the gut and the increase in proteinase activity after blood feeding.

Regulation of blood meal size in the mosquito

1969 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 2039-2044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Gwadz
Keyword(s):  
Blood Meal ◽  
Meal Size ◽  
Blood Meal Size

Impact of Tahanids on Cattle: Blood Meal Size and Preferred Feeding Sites12

1980 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. L. Hollander ◽  
R. E. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Blood Meal ◽  
Meal Size ◽  
Cattle Blood ◽  
Blood Meal Size
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