Increasing pressure on the world’s livestock production sector has stirred interest towards exploration of insects as an alternative feed source. We examined potential wild-caught mosquitoes, harvested from rice-fields, to be utilised poultry feed. Three mosquito species were identified in high abundance, namely Aedes caspius, Anopheles hyrcanus, and Culex pipiens, their nutritional microbiolog...

Mosquitoes are the most important vectors that can transmit many diseases agents to humans and animals. This study was conducted in Edirne central district between July 2017 2018 identify vector mosquito species, determine their seasonality distribution pattern general terms. Larvae, pupae, adults were collected from areas assessed as being particularly suitable for medically species included g...

A new genus and species of microsporidia, Andreanna caspii n. gen., n. sp. is described from the mosquito, Ochlerotatus caspius (Pallas) based on ultrastructural morphology, developmental characteristics, and comparative sequence analyses of the small subunit (SSU) ribosomal DNA (rDNA). Parasite development is confined to fat body tissue and infected larvae appear swollen with dull white masses...