title: Use of plastic tips in artificial feeding of Dermacentor (Anocentor) nitens females Neumann, 1897 (Acari: Ixodidae).
abstract: The establishment of laboratory colonies of ticks is often hampered by their lack of adaptation to alternative hosts. The aim of this study was to artificially feed partially engorged Dermacentor (Anocentor) nitens females through plastic tips, and to identify what are the optimal conditions of application of this technique to get as much as possible close to the natural conditions. The technique of artificial feeding through plastic tips allowed the engorgement of D. nitens ticks to a final weight within the normal range for the species.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ, BR465, Km 07, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: carlauzedo@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Carla Carolina Dias Uzedo
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ, BR465, Km 07, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: babaeta@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Bruna de Azevedo
authors.initials: Bde A
authors.lastname: Baêta
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ, BR465, Km 07, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: jaquelinevalim@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Jaqueline Rodrigues de Almeida
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Valim
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ, BR465, Km 07, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: rafaella.medvet@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Rafaella Câmara
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ, BR465, Km 07, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: pbarizon@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Patrícia Barizon
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Cepeda
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias - UNESP, Rod. Carlos Tonanni, Km 05, 14870-000 Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: jenevaldo@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Jenevaldo Barbosa
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ, BR465, Km 07, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil. Electronic address: adivaldofonseca@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Adivaldo Henrique
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: da Fonseca
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015046:Zoology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
keywords: Artificial feeding; Dermacentor nitens; Plastic tips; Semi-engorged ticks