Effects of Larval Nutrition on the Postembryonic Development of Ctenocephalides felis felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 494-497

  Linardi, Pedro Marcos ^a   De Maria, Mário ^a   Botelho, José Ramiro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood preferences; Ctenocephalides felis felis; Larval nutrition; Pulicidae; Siphonaptera

Indexed keywords

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COLUMBA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MASTOMYS; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DOG; FLEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE; MOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CATS; CRICETINAE; DIET; DOGS; FLEAS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031180273     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.4.494     Document Type: Article

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