Control of fleas on pets and in homes by use of imidacloprid or lufenuron and a pyrethrin spray

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-39

  Dryden, Michael W ^a   Perez, Hector R ^a   Ulitchny, Daniel M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; LUNUFERON; PESTICIDE; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; PYRETHRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FLEA; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; PYRETHRINS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; FELIS CATUS; INSECTA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0033166519     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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