Spray-dried bovine blood: An effective laboratory diet for Ctenocephalides felis felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-221

  Richman, Dina L ^a   Koehler, Philip G ^a   Brenner, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat flea; Flea larval development; Flea nutrition; Flea rearing

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CATTLE; DIET; FLEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; DIET; FLEAS;

EID: 0033128892     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.219     Document Type: Article

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