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Development and mortality ofOrnithodoros moubata after feeding through an artificial membrane

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High mortality rates have often been observed when artificial feeding techniques are used for colony maintenance ofOrnithodoros moubata. Such fatalities can be readily controlled by addition of antibiotics to the feeding medium without apparent toxicity to ticks. Comparative results show that for maintaining colonies ofO. moubata artificial feeding techniques can be as efficient as direct feeding on swine—the primary hosts of these argasids.

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L’alimentation artificielle utilisée pour la maintenance d’une colonie d’Ornithodoros moubata a entraîné de forts pourcentages de mortalité. Ces pertes peuvent être contrôlées par l’addition d’antibiotique au liquide nourricier, sans toxicité apparente pour les tiques. Des résultats comparatifs montrent que pour la maintenance de colonies d’O. moubata, les techniques d’alimentation artificielle sont aussi efficaces que l’alimentation sur porc, hôte primaire de ces argasidés.

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Se ha observado gran mortalidad deOrnithodoros moubata, en colonias alimentadas artificialmente. Esta puede controlarse fácilmente, añadiendo antibióticos al medio artificial, sin producir toxicidad a las garrapatas. Los resultados comparativos demuestran, que la alimentación artificial de colonias deOrnithodoros moubata es más eficiente, que la alimentación directa de las garrapatas en cerdos, huéspedes naturales de estos argásidos.

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  1. Animal Virus Research Institute, Pirbright, GU24 ONF, Woking, Surrey, UK

    R. W. Osborne & P. S. Mellor

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Osborne, R.W., Mellor, P.S. Development and mortality ofOrnithodoros moubata after feeding through an artificial membrane. Trop Anim Health Prod 18, 41–47 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02359657

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