dc.contributor.author | Kang'ethe, E K | |
dc.contributor.author | Petros, Beyene | |
dc.contributor.author | Tikubet, Getachew | |
dc.contributor.author | Belete, Habtamu | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-14T14:05:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-14T14:05:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science Volume 24, No. 2 (December 2001), pp. 229-238 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/34026 | |
dc.description.abstract | Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was employed to determine the rate of digestion of blood proteins ingested by teneral and non-teneral laboratory reared Glossina morsitans morsitans at different time intervals after feeding. This test showed that non-teneral flies digested the species distinguishing bloodmeal components faster than tenerals. At 48 hr post-feeding, the bloodmeal donor was identifiable in 87.5% of the teneral tsetse and 55.5% of non-teneral tsetse flies. Among 160 bloodmeals of G. m. submorsitans collected from the upper Didessa river valley 54.4% (87/160) were with identifiable hosts, of which warthog accounted for about 52.9 (46/87) of meals, whereas human and buffalo blood accounted for about 21.8% (19/87) and 12.6% (11/87) of the meals, respectively. Others like giraffe, goat, cattle and elephant accounted for few bloodmeals. Thus warthog appeared to be the major host for G. m. submorsitans in the study area. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Bloodmeal | en |
dc.subject | elisa | en |
dc.subject | Ethiopia | en |
dc.subject | Glossina | en |
dc.subject | Traypanosomosis | en |
dc.title | Host range determination of tsetse fly Glossina morsitans submorsitans by bloodmeal analysis in the upper Didessa River valley (Western Ethiopia) | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology | en |