Effects of host anemia, local skin factors, and circulating antibodies upon biology of laboratory reared Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood (Diptera: Glossinidae)

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 2393-2401 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. Parker ◽  
R. H. Gooding
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Host Resistance ◽  
Glossina Morsitans Morsitans ◽  
Pupal Weight ◽  
Local Resistance ◽  
Glossina Morsitans ◽  
Local Skin ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Longevity ◽  
Circulating Antibodies

Longevity, productivity, and pupal weights, but not emergence from pupae, were lower in Glossina morsitans morsitans females maintained on previously exposed rabbits than in those maintained on naive rabbits. Male and female longevity and pupal weight, but not female productivity or emergence from pupae, were lower in flies maintained on the previously exposed ear than in those maintained on the naive ear of the same rabbit. Intensity of local resistance varied among rabbits. Flies fed more efficiently (i.e. larger meals and fewer probes) from ears than from backs of rabbits. Longevity, productivity, and pupal weight were not influenced by feeding flies on ears, on backs, or on both. Mortality was greater in lighter flies than in heavier ones during the first 20 days after eclosion if the flies were fed on rabbits' backs. Naturally produced circulating antibodies, which react with tsetse salivary gland homogenates, did not affect tsetse longevity, female productivity, or pupal weight. Flies maintained on anemic rabbits produced lighter pupae than did controls. Implications for colony maintenance and possible mechanisms of acquired host resistance are discussed.

Trypanosome infections and survival in tsetse

Parasitology ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 116 (S1) ◽  
pp. S23-S28 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Maudlin ◽  
S. C. Welburn ◽  
P. J. M. Milligan
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Salivary Glands ◽  
Trypanosoma Brucei ◽  
Glossina Morsitans Morsitans ◽  
Trypanosoma Congolense ◽  
Vectorial Capacity ◽  
Trypanosome Infection ◽  
Trypanosoma Brucei Rhodesiense ◽  
Glossina Morsitans ◽  
Differential Effects

SummaryThe effect of trypanosome infection on vector survival was observed in a line of Glossina morsitans morsitans selected for susceptibility to trypanosome infection. The differential effects of midgut and salivary gland infections on survival were examined by exposing flies to infection with either Trypanosoma congolense which colonizes midgut and mouthparts or Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense which colonizes midgut and salivary glands. A comparison of the survival distributions of uninfected flies with those exposed to infection showed that salivary gland infection significantly reduces tsetse survival; midgut infection had little or no effect on the survival of tsetse. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to the vectorial capacity of wild flies.

Identification of major soluble salivary gland proteins in teneral Glossina morsitans morsitans

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 1045-1053 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Haddow ◽  
B. Poulis ◽  
L.R. Haines ◽  
R.H. Gooding ◽  
S. Aksoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Glossina Morsitans Morsitans ◽  
Glossina Morsitans

A method of studying the efficiency of traps for tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) and other insects

1979 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Vale ◽  
J. W. Hargrove
Keyword(s):  
Coefficient Of Variation ◽  
Visual Target ◽  
Glossina Morsitans Morsitans ◽  
Tsetse Flies ◽  
Glossina Morsitans ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Below Ground

AbstractAn incomplete ring of electrified nets was placed round a trap or round an electrified net and visual target in woodland infested with Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. and G. pallidipes Aust. in Rhodesia. The distribution of catches in these systems was used to estimate the minimum efficiencies with which the trap or net and target captured flies that were initially attracted by odours derived from a herd of cattle hidden below ground. With mature tsetse, the estimates for the trap were 23 and 21% for male and female G. morsitans, respectively, and 70 and 49% for male and female G. pallidipes. For the net and target, the corresponding figures were 29, 30, 53 and 43. The coefficient of variation of such estimates (about 10%) was low enough to suggest that the technique affords a quick and reliable means of screening the efficiency of many trap designs. Factors responsible for the efficiency of the trap were elucidated. Data for other insects were obtained.

Infection of post-teneral tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans morsitans and Glossina morsitans centralis) with Trypanosoma brucei brucei

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1289-1292 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Gooding
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Brucei ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Glossina Morsitans Morsitans ◽  
Tsetse Flies ◽  
Glossina Morsitans ◽  
Trypanosoma Brucei Brucei ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Glossina Morsitans Centralis

A significant proportion of post-teneral male Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood and post-teneral male and female Glossina morsitans centralis Machado develop mature infections of Trypanosoma brucei brucei Plimmer and Bradford without being starved before feeding upon infected rabbits.

Involvement of the X chromosome in fertility of male and female hybrids of Glossina morsitans morsitans and Glossina morsitans centralis (Diptera: Glossinidae)

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 869-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Gooding
Keyword(s):  
X Chromosome ◽  
Glossina Morsitans Morsitans ◽  
The Other ◽  
Marker Genes ◽  
Glossina Morsitans ◽  
X Chromosomes ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Intrachromosomal Recombination ◽  
Glossina Morsitans Centralis ◽  
Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase

In hybrid females of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood and Glossina morsitans centralis Machado that carried four well-separated marker genes, suppression of intrachromosomal recombination occurred between the loci for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6pd) and arginine phosphokinase (Apk) on the X chromosome. Fertility of backcross females was not influenced by whether they mated with G. m. morsitans or G. m. centralis, but it was higher in females that received both of their X chromosomes from G. m. morsitans than it was in females that received one X chromosome from G. m. morsitans and the other from G. m. centralis.

Effects of Tsetse (Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw.) (Diptera: Glossinidae) Salivary Gland Homogenate on Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

1979 ◽  
Vol 42 (02) ◽  
pp. 743-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth R Parker ◽  
Michael J Mant
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Anticoagulant Activity ◽  
Glossina Morsitans Morsitans ◽  
Glossina Morsitans ◽  
Antithrombotic Agent ◽  
Protamine Sulphate ◽  
Esterolytic Activity ◽  
And Storage

SummaryThe saliva of the tsetse, Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood, has antithrombin anticoagulant activity and inhibits thrombin’s esterolytic activity. It has no other detectable anticoagulant properties. The anticoagulant elutes in a single peak on Sephadex fraction, is immediately acting, heat and storage stable, and has a molecular weight of 11-13,000. Unlike heparin it is not neutralized by protamine sulphate or toluidine blue and does not require the co-factor, antithrombin III, for optimal anticoagulant activity. It has similar properties to hirudin, but does not elute with a protein peak upon Sephadex fractionation and has a slightly different molecular weight. Salivary gland homogenates contained neither a plasminogen activator nor fibrinolytic activity. The sera of rabbits used to maintain tsetses, which contained precipitating antibodies against saliva, did not neutralize the salivary anticoagulant in vitro. The properties of this anticoagulant suggest that it might be a potentially useful antithrombotic agent in man.

Survival and behaviour of tsetse flies (Diptera, Glossinidae) released in the field: a comparison between wild flies and animal-fed and in vitro-fed laboratory-reared flies

1976 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 731-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Vale ◽  
J. W. Hargrove ◽  
A. M. Jordan ◽  
P. A. Langley ◽  
A. R. Mews
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Release Site ◽  
Glossina Morsitans Morsitans ◽  
Tsetse Flies ◽  
Glossina Morsitans ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Wing Damage ◽  
Blood Meals

AbstractMale and female Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. which emerged from puparia produced by animal-fed and in vitro-fed colonies in England were marked distinctively with non-toxic paint and released into a natural habitat of G. morsitans and G. pallidipes Aust. in Rhodesia. Concurrently, adults of both species which emerged from locally-collected puparia were marked and released. Recaptures from artificial refuges, odour attractants and mobile baits at periods up to 59 days after release and at distances up to 1800 m from the release site indicated no clear differences between native G. morsitans and the two laboratory-reared groups in respect of body size, amount of fat present at emergence, survival, dispersal, availability to a range of baits, diet, speed of taking a first meal, wing damage and insemination rate. Although the blood-meal identifications for marked female G. morsitans were similar to those for both sexes of unmarked flies, blood-meals from marked males showed a relatively high proportion of bovid identifications. Unmarked flies caught were generally older than marked catches. The ratio of females to males in unmarked samples (1:1 for G. morsitans, 2:1 for G. pallidipes) was roughly double that in marked catches.

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