A Heating Apparatus for Conducting Feeding Experiments with Blood-Sucking Mites1

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Abstract
A brief description is given of the construction of a heating apparatus into which tubes of mites can be introduced and heated or cooled to any desired temperature, from 65[degree] - 115[degree]F. The tubes were introduced through a hole in the top of the apparatus and secured in a vertical position. A short part of the tube that contained a rubber cylinder and silk membrane was left exposed so that blood or other fluids could be introduced. Data are given for the number of mites of 2 different species that fed on chicken blood at a temperature of 95[degree] to 99[degree] F. The number of Ornithonyssus bacoti adults and nymphs that fed was greater than that of Ornithonyssus bursa. The former species is a natural pest of rats and the latter normally infests birds.

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