Mosquito and sentinel chicken interactions with an assessment of experimental cage design and flight activity of mosquitoes in Orange County, Florida

Download or read book Mosquito and sentinel chicken interactions with an assessment of experimental cage design and flight activity of mosquitoes in Orange County, Florida written by Kevin C. Kobylinski and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All mosquitoes were aspirated from the cage the morning after exposure, collected from the exit trap, identified to species, pooled by species, and frozen at -80°C. Twelve species of mosquitoes were captured in the experimental cage at Tibet-Butler Preserve and seven species at Moss Park. Coquillettida perturbans (Walker), Cx. nigripalpus, and Culex erraticus (Dyar and Knab) were frequently captured in the experimental cage at both sites. Mansonia titillans (Walker) was captured frequently at Tibet-Butler Preserve. Mosquitoes were more frequently captured in the cage than in the exit trap at Tibet-Butler Preserve (T-test, t = 14.86, P