title: The host preferences of Culiseta inornata in southwestern Manitoba.
abstract: The capillary tube precipitin test was used to determine the host utilization patterns of Culiseta inornata in southwestern Manitoba. Ruminant blood was identified in 83.3% and equine blood in 15.8% of 1,036 positively reacting blood-meals. Human, swine and avian blood accounted for 0.9% of these blood-meals and mixed blood-meals accounted for 1.5% of the total. Culiseta inornata preferentially fed on large mammals, and selection between cattle and horses reflected the relative abundance of these two hosts rather than a specific preference for either one.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gallaway
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000469:parasitology*; D008350:Manitoba; D011233:Precipitin Tests