Detection of multiple bloodfeeding in Culiseta melanura using a histologic technique

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-136

  Lorenz, Leslie H ^a   Scott, Thomas W ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030102779     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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