Blood Meal Preference of Some Anopheline Mosquitoes in Command and Non-command Areas of Rajasthan, India
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Blood Meal Preference of Some Anopheline Mosquitoes in Command and Non-command Areas of Rajasthan, India
Abstract
Background: The present study was undertaken to compare the entomological situation by analyzing the blood meal of mosquitoes of canal irrigated and non-irrigated areas of Bikaner in order to explore scientific information on the vector biology and malaria burden profile and to plan proper strategies for malaria control and eradication.
Methods: Adult mosquitoes were collected and the abdomen of the blood fed females were crushed on a filter paper for blood meal analysis and subjected to precipitin test.
Results: The blood meal analysis showed that Anopheles subpictus had a preference towards cattle blood, An. culicifacies and An. stephensi preferred human blood, while, An. annularis was noted to feed only on bovine blood.
Conclusion: Although An. annularis, has been recently reported from the area, was found to feed exclusively on bovine blood, earlier reports suggest that this species is a vector of malaria and therefore preventive measures should be taken well in advance before this species gets established in the area.
Keywords: Anopheline mosquitoes; Canal irrigated (Command area); Malaria; Thar Desert; non-command area.
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