Mode of Action of Lufenuron on Larval Cat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 720-724

  Dean, Susan R ^a   Meola, Roger W ^a   Meola, Shirlee M ^b   Sittertz Bhatkar, Helga ^a   Schenker, Rudolf ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chitin synthesis inhibitor; Ctenocephalides felis; Cuticle; Lufenuron

Indexed keywords

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

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; FLUPHENACUR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MYIASIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; FLEAS; LARVA; MYIASIS; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0032161112     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.5.720     Document Type: Article

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