Membrane feeding Glossina morsitans centralis on livestock blood and its effect on the tsetse susceptibility to pathogenic trypanosome infections

Colonies of tsetse flies at ILRI were previously maintained in vivo on rabbits, and surplus teneral tsetse were used for various experiments. The reason for maintaining colony tsetse on live hosts was that all experimental tsetse, both trypanosome infected as well as uninfected were fed on experimen...

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Main Authors: Moloo, S.K., Karia, F.W., Okumu, I.O.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1999
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29214
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author Moloo, S.K.
Karia, F.W.
Okumu, I.O.
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Moloo, S.K.
Okumu, I.O.
author_facet Moloo, S.K.
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Okumu, I.O.
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description Colonies of tsetse flies at ILRI were previously maintained in vivo on rabbits, and surplus teneral tsetse were used for various experiments. The reason for maintaining colony tsetse on live hosts was that all experimental tsetse, both trypanosome infected as well as uninfected were fed on experimental livestock, and it was therefore logical to maintain them as naturally as possible. However, in order to reduce the cost of maintaining colony tsetse and avoid discomfort to the rabbits, it was decided to switch to the artificial feeding system (Bauer & Wetzel, 1976; news et al 1977). Thus, studies were carried out to determine the type of blood that would provide optimum nutrition to the tsetse and to find the effect of maintaining infected tsetse through membranes upon fresh defibrinated bovine blood on their trypanosome infection prevalences. Glossina morsitans centralis Machado, stocks of T. vivax Ziemann, T. Congolense, and T. brucei, brucei clones were used. The animals used as blood donor were yearling Boran steers, and Gamma-irradiated sterile defibrinated bovine and porcine blood used were imported from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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spelling CGSpace292142022-01-29T16:03:01Z Membrane feeding Glossina morsitans centralis on livestock blood and its effect on the tsetse susceptibility to pathogenic trypanosome infections Moloo, S.K. Karia, F.W. Okumu, I.O. glossina morsitans livestock trypanosoma brucei trypanosoma congolense trypanosoma vivax disease resistance infection Colonies of tsetse flies at ILRI were previously maintained in vivo on rabbits, and surplus teneral tsetse were used for various experiments. The reason for maintaining colony tsetse on live hosts was that all experimental tsetse, both trypanosome infected as well as uninfected were fed on experimental livestock, and it was therefore logical to maintain them as naturally as possible. However, in order to reduce the cost of maintaining colony tsetse and avoid discomfort to the rabbits, it was decided to switch to the artificial feeding system (Bauer & Wetzel, 1976; news et al 1977). Thus, studies were carried out to determine the type of blood that would provide optimum nutrition to the tsetse and to find the effect of maintaining infected tsetse through membranes upon fresh defibrinated bovine blood on their trypanosome infection prevalences. Glossina morsitans centralis Machado, stocks of T. vivax Ziemann, T. Congolense, and T. brucei, brucei clones were used. The animals used as blood donor were yearling Boran steers, and Gamma-irradiated sterile defibrinated bovine and porcine blood used were imported from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). 1999 2013-06-11T09:22:48Z 2013-06-11T09:22:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29214 en Limited Access Medical & Veterinary Entomology;13(1): 110-113
spellingShingle glossina morsitans
livestock
trypanosoma brucei
trypanosoma congolense
trypanosoma vivax
disease resistance
infection
Moloo, S.K.
Karia, F.W.
Okumu, I.O.
Membrane feeding Glossina morsitans centralis on livestock blood and its effect on the tsetse susceptibility to pathogenic trypanosome infections
title Membrane feeding Glossina morsitans centralis on livestock blood and its effect on the tsetse susceptibility to pathogenic trypanosome infections
title_full Membrane feeding Glossina morsitans centralis on livestock blood and its effect on the tsetse susceptibility to pathogenic trypanosome infections
title_fullStr Membrane feeding Glossina morsitans centralis on livestock blood and its effect on the tsetse susceptibility to pathogenic trypanosome infections
title_full_unstemmed Membrane feeding Glossina morsitans centralis on livestock blood and its effect on the tsetse susceptibility to pathogenic trypanosome infections
title_short Membrane feeding Glossina morsitans centralis on livestock blood and its effect on the tsetse susceptibility to pathogenic trypanosome infections
title_sort membrane feeding glossina morsitans centralis on livestock blood and its effect on the tsetse susceptibility to pathogenic trypanosome infections
topic glossina morsitans
livestock
trypanosoma brucei
trypanosoma congolense
trypanosoma vivax
disease resistance
infection
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29214
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