Host Grooming Efficiency for Regulation of Cat Flea (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) Populations

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-269

  Hinkle, Nancy C ^a,b   Koehler, Philip G ^a   Patterson, Richard S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ctenocephalides felis; Ectoparasite; Host grooming

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; FLEA; GROOMING; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; CATS; EATING; FECES; FEMALE; FLEAS; GROOMING; MALE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0032059019     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.266     Document Type: Article

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