Comparison between Tsetse Fly Synthetic Diet and Bovine Blood on Reproduction and Survivorship in Tabanus nigrovittatus (Diptera: Tabanidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 738-740

  Stoffolano Jr , John G ^a   Majer, József ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Follicular development; Synthetic diet; Tabanus nigrovittatus

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); TABANIDAE; TABANUS NIGROVITTATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CATTLE; DIET; DIPTERA; FEMALE; OVARY; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 0031267011     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.6.738     Document Type: Article

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