Waladde S M, Ochieng' S A, Gichuhi P M
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya.
Exp Appl Acarol. 1991 Aug;11(4):297-306. doi: 10.1007/BF01202876.
An artificial feeding device was constructed with a Baudruche membrane bearing olfactory and tactile stimuli, to induce voluntary attachment and feeding of the brown ear tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. Preparation of the membrane and experimental conditions used are described. Unfed adults of R. appendiculatus, 2-3 weeks after moulting, were confined on the membrane, which was treated with cattle ear-wash and other stimuli. They attached and commenced sucking blood within 12-48 h. Fully engorged ticks started detaching from the membrane on the 6th day. After a 5-6-day incubation period, they started laying eggs which hatched into normal larvae.
构建了一种人工饲养装置，其带有承载嗅觉和触觉刺激的硫酸纸膜，用于诱导褐耳蜱（Rhipicephalus appendiculatus）自愿附着和取食。文中描述了膜的制备方法及所采用的实验条件。羽化后2至3周的未进食的褐耳蜱成虫被限制在经牛耳洗液和其他刺激物处理过的膜上。它们在12至48小时内附着并开始吸血。饱血的蜱在第6天开始从膜上脱落。经过5至6天的孵化期后，它们开始产卵，卵孵化出正常的幼虫。
