Montaje, Implementación Y Mantenimiento De Una Colonia De Mosquitos Género Anopheles Para Investigaciones En El Laboratorio De Zoonosis Y Salud Pública Y Montaje De Un Sistema De Alimentación Artificial De Insectos Hematofagos

Abstract

Mosquitoes of the genus Aedes aegipty and Anopheles albimanus are great public health importance because of its ability to transmit diseases when making the process hematophagy,therefore the creation of various scenarios in order to accurately identify the behavior of these species is necessary.For this reason the implementation of a colony of Anopheles albimanus was established as the main objective of the internship, to identify which environmental and physical conditions can affect reproductive behavior that this species might have in laboratory colonies, although for different reasons explained in the course this document did not conclude positively that goal, however, progress was made in care to consider when implementing a colony of Anopheles and how to maintain it properly. Hematophagy process with artificial feed in colonies of Aedes aegipty easily allows us to have control over the quantity and egg production. Also this does not involve any risk of disease transmission by direct vector.For this reason in the laboratory Zoonosis and Public Health, the assembly was held in feeding Aedes aegipty mosquitoes using two types of blood, human and bovine allowing contribute more to the studies that there are currently about artificial feeding different species of mosquitoes in order of obtaining better results.The results obtained for artificial feeding were positive, as it met the objective of ensuring the continuity of specimens of Aedes aegipty in the laboratory of zoonoses and public health, also allowed us to know what blood type best reacted mosquitoes for process of hematophagy and how it influences it is in a better egg production.