Attractancy of Inoculated and Incubated Bovine Blood Fractions to Screwworm Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae): Role of Bacteria1
- 30 December 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 10 (6) , 591-595
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/10.6.591
Abstract
Olfactometer tests in the laboratory with bacteria-contaminated citrated whole bovine blood, bacteria-inoculated sterile citrated whole blood, defibrinated blood, and blood plasma indicated that the attractancy of these materials to screwworm flies, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), resulted from the bacteria and/or from the compounds produced by them. Aseptically drawn blood incubated at 37°C for 7 days was no more attractive than unincubated blood held at 5°C. Ranking of attractiveness was bacteria-inoculated sterile defibrinated blood>bacteria-inoculated citrated whole blood>bacteria-inoculated plasma>sterile-incubated defibrinated blood distilled water.Keywords
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