AbstractsBiology & Animal Science

The continuous laboratory rearing of Culiseta inornata (Will.) and a study of the structure and function of the egg-shell and egg-raft (Diptera: Culicidae).

by John. McLintock




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Entomology.
Degree: PhD
Year: 1951
Keywords: Entomology.
Record ID: 1564731
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118923.pdf


Abstract

In Canada mosquitoes are of importance primarily as pests of man and livestock. Their role as vectors of disease is confined solely to the virus of western equine encephalitis. Lacking a public health impetus, study of mosquito biology in Canada has lagged behind that of other countries where diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, filariasis and dengue exist. [...]