An. sundaicus is one major vector of malaria in java, we want to rearing this species in our laboratory but there's a problem with mosquito's blood feed, in our laboratory us mice (wistar) as blood source. So maybe with Artificial blood feed can help us to rearing this species, but we didn't find any paper how to do. If someone knows about the method of artificial blood feed, please share with us.
Mamadou Coulibaly et al. have worked on that area.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0042821
There is also a related thread on RG.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Who_has_managed_to_infect_mosquitoes_with_Plasmodium_falciparum_using_membrane_feeding_method?
Regards,
Joachim
Theres a lot of information here regarding this subjetive as Joachim already mentioned. I will just give you another alternative
http://www.jove.com/video/3579/mass-production-genetically-modified-aedes-aegypti-for-field-releases
Jason Pitts of Vanderbilt University has an artificial feeding regime for feeding Aedes adults it might be worth checking it out published in the Journal of Insect Physiology I think.
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