A technique for collecting saliva from the cattle-tick Boophilus microplus (Canestrini, 1887) using chemical stimulation. Environmental and temporal influences on secretion yield.

Bechara, G. H. [UNESP]; Szabó, M. P. [UNESP]; Machado, R. Z. [UNESP]; Rocha, U. F. [UNESP]

A technique for collecting saliva from the cattle-tick Boophilus microplus (Canestrini, 1887) using chemical stimulation. Environmental and temporal influences on secretion yield.

Data

1988-01-01

Autores

Bechara, G. H. [UNESP]

Szabó, M. P. [UNESP]

Machado, R. Z. [UNESP]

Rocha, U. F. [UNESP]

Resumo

1. Injection of a pilocarpine solution into the hemocoele of female B. microplus through the respiratory spiracle induced the flow of limpid saliva, collected from the mouth parts with a capillary tube. 2. The time interval between the detachment of the tick from its host and chemical stimulation influenced the volume of saliva secreted; secretion was greater during the first 2 h after detachment. 3. There is a positive correlation between salivary yield and both environmental temperature and relative humidity.

Como citar

Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas médicas e biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica ... [et al.], v. 21, n. 3, p. 479-484, 1988.