Use of oven-dried blood for in vitro feeding of tsetse flies |
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| Authors: | J P Kabayo M Taher H Barnor |
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| Institution: | Entomology Unit, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme, Agency's Laboratories, Seibersdorf, Austria. |
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| Abstract: | Comparison of the survival, fecundity and offspring size of Glossina palpalis palpalis females fed reconstituted oven-dried blood, fresh, frozen/thawed, or reconstituted freeze-dried blood showed that oven-drying at 45 degrees C does not diminish the nutritional quality of blood. The significance of this finding is discussed with a view to optimizing costs and conditions of blood-diet storage and transportation in the context of mass-rearing of tsetse flies. |
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