Use of orally administered chitin inhibitor (lufenuron) to control flea vectors of plague on ground squirrels in California

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 562-567

  Davis, Richard M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

California ground squirrel; Chitin inhibitor; Fleas; Lufenuron; Plague

Indexed keywords

HOPLOPSYLLUS ANOMALUS; OROPSYLLA; OROPSYLLA MONTANA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI;

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CHITIN; FLUPHENACUR; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FLEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLAGUE; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CALIFORNIA; CHITIN; FLEAS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; PLAGUE; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0033195964     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.5.562     Document Type: Article

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