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VOL. 6, ISSUE 4 (2021)
Assessment of breeding dynamics of mosquito vectors in Ugwulangwu, Ebonyi State
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Uhuo C A, Odikamnoro O O, Onwe C S, Okoh F N, Imakwu C A
Abstract
The breeding habitat is crucial for mosquito dynamics, because it is the location where many important life cycle processes take place: oviposition, larval development, emergence and probably resting, swarming, and mating. The assessment of mosquito breeding dynamics in Ugwulangwu Ebonyi State was conducted in 2013 among households using standard entomological surveillance to collect both the larvae and the adult mosquitoes observed at the different breeding habitats. The study revealed that three species of mosquito were collected and identified and data generated were analyzed using Species richness and Shannon wieners diversity index. The analysis showed that the variation in Species richness and Shannon wieners index were as follows: (H): 1.147 and (H/In(S)): 0.447 for aedes, (H): 1.525 and (H/In(S)): 0.614 for culicine and (H): 0.366 and (H/In(S)): 0.176 for Anopheles mosquitos respectively. The analysis revealed that there were variations in the population dynamics of each species of mosquito across the larval stages by months where the month of August 331 (33.9%), 475 (45.76%) 394 (38.5%) recorded the highest number for Anopheles, Culicine and Aedes species of mosquito vector respectively. The larval stage 1 and adult stages were significantly higher in density dynamics. Broken gallons (25.2%) and earthen pots (21.1%) recorded the highest percentage abundance among all the stages collected. The changes observed in percentage abundance in breeding pattern were ecological based and influence on the environmental component observed in the different habitats. Therefore, this study will add to the database information on the control and reduction of mosquito vector and will help in disease burden reduction.
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Pages:140-144
How to cite this article:
Uhuo C A, Odikamnoro O O, Onwe C S, Okoh F N, Imakwu C A "Assessment of breeding dynamics of mosquito vectors in Ugwulangwu, Ebonyi State ". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 6, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 140-144
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