Evaluation of Blood-feeding Methods for Rearing Dengue Mosquito, Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae)

Q3 Multidisciplinary
A. M. Hila, G. Obra
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Maintaining a mosquito colony for rearing is essential in research, and the rearing of mosquitoes in the laboratory requires blood as a protein source for females to produce eggs. The use of live animals for blood-feeding imposes ethical considerations and entails an additional laboratory for rearing the live animals. In this study, we have established an artificial blood-feeding system for Aedes aegypti that took into consideration the effects of four factors on blood-feeding – namely, egg source colony, blood source, age of females, and heating intervals. For the quality control tests, all parameters tested did not significantly differ between colonies after 14 generations. In terms of egg source, more adult females significantly fed from pig blood (PB) colonies (78%) than live mice (LM) colonies. In terms of blood source, more adult females (85%) fed on immobilized LM than in the artificial blood-feeding system with PB as a blood source. In terms of age, 3- and 5-d-old females showed the highest % blood-feeding (75–78%), fecundity, fertility, and recoveries compared to when females were fed very young at 1 d old and quite old at 7 d old. Among the heating intervals tested, re-heating PB every 60 min for 4 h showed the highest % of females fed (66%). All four factors significantly explain the variation in the % blood-feeding efficiency of female mosquitoes and, therefore, important factors to consider in mosquito colony maintenance. We also conclude that the established artificial blood-feeding system can be used for rearing Ae. aegypti. The results of the study may encourage laboratories in other institutes that conduct mosquito colony maintenance to seek inexpensive, effective, and locally-available artificial blood-feeding systems.
埃及伊蚊吸血饲养方法的评价(双翅目:库蚊科)
在研究中,维持蚊子种群以供饲养是必不可少的,而在实验室中饲养蚊子需要血液作为蛋白质来源,以便雌性蚊子产卵。使用活体动物供血会带来伦理方面的考虑,并需要额外的实验室来饲养活体动物。在本研究中,我们建立了埃及伊蚊的人工采血系统,该系统考虑了四个因素对采血的影响,即卵源群体、血源、雌蚊年龄和加热间隔。在质量控制试验中,14代后各菌落间各项指标无显著差异。在卵源方面,以猪血(PB)菌落为食的成年雌性显著高于以活鼠(LM)菌落为食的成年雌性。在血源方面,固定化LM的成虫取食率(85%)高于以PB为血源的人工取血系统。在年龄方面,3天和5天大的雌性比1天大时喂养的雌性和7天大时喂养的雌性表现出最高的血液摄取率(75-78%)、繁殖力、繁殖力和恢复率。在测试的加热间隔中,每60 min重新加热PB 4 h,雌性被喂食的百分比最高(66%)。这四个因素都能很好地解释雌蚊吸血效率的变化,因此是维持蚊子种群的重要因素。结果表明,所建立的人工采血系统可用于伊蚊的饲养。蚊。这项研究的结果可能会鼓励其他从事蚊子种群维持的研究所的实验室寻求廉价、有效和当地可获得的人工供血系统。
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Philippine Journal of Science
Philippine Journal of Science Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary
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