Table 1.
Animal Taxa Found in Blood Meals form Kissing Bugs Captured at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
| Where Trapped in ASDM |
Triatomine Species and Sex |
Trypanosoma cruzi Present (PCR)? |
Animal Taxa Found in Blood Meal |
Animal on Display (or Feral) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aviary | Triatoma rubida/female | Negative | Canis lupus | Wolf, coyote, domestic dog |
| Ovis sp. (sheep) or Capra sp. (goat) | Desert bighorn sheep | |||
| Human | ||||
| Sus scrofa | ||||
| Aviary | T. rubida/male | Positive | Sus scrofa | |
| Human | ||||
| Dinosar display | Triatoma protracta/female | Positive | Didelphis | Feral opossum |
| Human | ||||
| Sus scrofu | ||||
| Cave area | T. rubida/female | Negative | Canis lupus | Wolf, coyote, domestic dog |
| Human | ||||
| Mus musculus | Feral mice in park | |||
| Sus scrofa | ||||
| Grasslands | T. rubida/male | Negative | Human | |
| Mus musculus | Feral mice in park | |||
| Rattus norvegicus | Feral rats in park | |||
| Sus scrofa | ||||
| Mountain woodland | T. rubida/female | Positive | Human | |
| Neotoma spp. | Feral packrats common in park | |||
| Entrance | T. rubida/female | Negative | Ovis sp. (sheep) or Capra sp. (goat) | Desert bighorn sheep |
| Human | ||||
| Sus scrofa | ||||
| Entrance | T. rubida/female | Negative | Human | |
| Colossal Cave | T. recurva/male | Negative | Human | |
| Bisbee, Ariz | T. recurva/male | Negative | Human, Didelphis, Canis | Feral opossum, domestic dog, coyote |
| Bisbee, Ariz | T. recurva/female | Negative | Didelphis, Canis | Feral opossum, domestic dog, coyote |
Large enclosure containing the grey wolf, coyote, and desert bighorn sheep (Canis lupus, Canis latrans, and Ovis canadensis, respectively) are present in the museum. The packrat (Neotoma spp.), rat (Rattus norvegicus), opossum (Didelphis spp.), and mouse are feral animals on the grounds. Animal taxa determined by BLAST match.
PCR = polymerase chain reaction.