Egg Production and Emergence of Adult Cat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) Exposed to Different Photoperiods

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 651-655

  Metzger, Marco E ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult emergence; Ctenocephalides felis; Egg production; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS CATUS; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; LARVA; MALE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; LARVA; MALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 0030187286     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.651     Document Type: Article

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