An inexpensive and effective larval diet for Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae): Eat like a horse, a bird, or a fish?

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1001-1011

  Damiens, D ^a   Benedict, M Q ^a,b   Wille, M ^c   Gilles, J R L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

fatty acid; insect control; mass rearing; sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; WING;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; AVES; BOVINAE; COPROSMA KAUENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 84866400452     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11289     Document Type: Article

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