Wednesday, December 12, 2007
D0597

Still lurking in the wings: A survey of insect vectors of avian hemoparasites at the Fort Worth Zoo

Tracy L. Cyr, tcyr@cvm.tamu.edu1, Katelyn Chalaire, katelynchalaire@neo.tamu.edu2, Karen Snowden, ksnowden@cvm.tamu.edu1, and Shannon T. Ferrell, SFerrell@fortworthzoo.org3. (1) Texas A&M University, Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, 4467 TAMU, College Station, TX, (2) Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology, TAMU 2475, College Station, TX, (3) Fort Worth Zoo, 1989 Colonial Parkway, Fort Worth, TX



Species 1: Diptera Ceratopogonidae Culicoides spp (biting midges)
Species 2: Diptera Culicidae Culex spp (mosquito)
Species 3: Haemosporidia Haemoproteidae Haemoproteus spp