Pupation site selection of cat fleas (siphonaptera: pulicidae) in various carpet types and its influence on insecticide efficacy

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1391-1397

  Miller, Robert J ^a,b   Dryden, Michael W ^a   Broce, Alberto B ^a   Suiter, Daniel R ^a,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Knipling Bushland   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpet; Ctenocephalides felis; Pupae

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BUILDING; CAT; DOG; FLEA; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CATS; DOGS; FLEAS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; PERMETHRIN; PUPA; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 0034241891     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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