Techniques for Testing the Attachment and Feeding Rate of Mites on Living Hosts1
- 30 November 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 47 (6) , 1153-1154
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/47.6.1153
Abstract
Hosts were anesthetized and the hair or feathers removed from an area approximately 0.5 inch in diameter. After the area was thoroughly moistened, a given number of chiggers were applied to the area. By this method a total of 88% of Trombicula splendens remained attached to a white rat, compared to 58.9% of Trombicula alfreddugesi. Blood sucking mites of a given number and stage were aspirated into glass tubes (3 x 0.25 inches). These were opened at one end and, by means of a special holding apparatus, lowered to the skin of the host. By this technique, greater number of Bdellonyssus bacoti nymphs engorged faster at 95[degree] than at 85 and 75 .Keywords
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- Laboratory Rearing Methods for Three Common Species of Bird MitesJournal of Parasitology, 1950