Attraction of female Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) to odors from chicken feces

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1184-1192

  Cooperband, Miriam F ^a,b   McElfresh, J Steven ^a   Millar, Jocelyn G ^a   Cardé, Ring T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

EAD; Host associated volatiles; Mosquito olfaction; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

FECES; MOSQUITO; ODOR; POULTRY; SEMIOCHEMICAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CULEX; FECES; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CULEX; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODORS; VOLATILIZATION;

AVES; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 48549086014     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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