LABORATORY STUDIES ON THE POSSIBILITY OF CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS TO HARBOR HEPATOZOON SP. INFECTING CERASTES CERASTES CERASTES VIPER IN EGYPT | ||||
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
Article 7, Volume 45, Issue 3, December 2015, Page 521-524 PDF (282.48 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2015.96286 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
NAGWA A. RASHDAN; FATMA H. GALAL; ALAA F. GAD-ALLAH | ||||
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12211, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
A successful experimental infection of Culex quinquefasciatus with Hepatozoon sp. infecting Cerastes cerastes cerastes viper was carried out under laboratory conditions of 24± 3 C and 60-70 % R.H..The period monitored for complete sporogonic cycle was 21 days. The effect of high parasitimic blood meal was nonsignificant (P>0.05) on preoviposition period and hatchability. Meanwhile a highly significant reduction was observed in oviposition rate, number of deposited eggs, number of hatched larvae and longevity (P<0.01). On the contrary moderate infection with Hepatozoon revealed a great significant increase in fecundity (P<0.01) and a nonsignificant decrease in longevity (P>0.05). | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Experimental; Culex quinquefasciatus; Hepatozoon sp; Cerastes Cerastes Cerastes | ||||
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