Osborne R W, Mellor P S
Trop Anim Health Prod. 1986 Feb;18(1):41-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02359657.
High mortality rates have often been observed when artificial feeding techniques are used for colony maintenance of Ornithodoros moubata. Such fatalities can be readily controlled by addition of antibiotics to the feeding medium without apparent toxicity to ticks. Comparative results show that for maintaining colonies of O. moubata artificial feeding techniques can be as efficient as direct feeding on swine--the primary hosts of these argasids.
在使用人工饲养技术维持莫氏钝缘蜱种群时，常观察到高死亡率。通过在饲养培养基中添加抗生素，可轻松控制此类死亡情况，且对蜱无明显毒性。比较结果表明，对于维持莫氏钝缘蜱种群，人工饲养技术与直接以猪（这些软蜱的主要宿主）为食一样有效。
