Effects of imidacloprid on adult and larval stages of the flea Ctenocephalides felis after in vivo and in vitro application: A light- and electron-microscopy study

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 625-637

  Mehlhorn, Heinz ^a   Mencke, Norbert ^b   Hansen, Olaf ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLEA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIPID BILAYER; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0033050575     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050607     Document Type: Article

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