title: EFFECT OF DIFFERENT BLOOD SOURCES ON THE FEEDING TIME OF SAND FLY, PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI.
abstract: The feeding time for sand fly females was determined experimentally by feeding of thirty females (3-5 days-old) sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi on different blood sources (human, pigeon, hamster and blab C mice). Mean feeding time was longest on blab C mice, 8.55 minutes, followed by hamster, 7.05 minutes, then pigeon, 4.84minutes, and finally human, 4.69 minutes. Significant difference was observed in the feeding time between females fed on hamster and balb c mice but there is no significant difference between females fed on human and pigeon.
authors.forename: Noura Heikal
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Roby
authors.forename: Mohamed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hussein
authors.forename: Said A M
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Doha
authors.forename: Sanaa Abdel Sattar Abdel
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ghany
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000097:blood; D006224:Cricetinae; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013997:Time Factors