Influence of the quality and quantity of blood ingested on reproductive parameters and life-span in Triatoma infestans (Klug)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 119, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 183-187

  Nattero, Julieta ^a   Leonhard, Gustavo ^a   Rodríguez, Claudia S ^a   Crocco, Liliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amount of blood ingested; Blood sucking bud; Fecundity; Feeding source; Fertility; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE VECTOR; FECUNDITY; FERTILITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARAMETERIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD MEAL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EGG LAYING; FEEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENDER; GUINEA PIG; LIFESPAN; MALE; MATING; MEAL; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REPRODUCTION; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; COLUMBIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GUINEA PIGS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRIATOMA;

CAVIA; COLUMBA; MAMMALIA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 79960603689     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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