Effects of pyriproxyfen spray, powder, and oral bait treatments on the relative abundance of fleas (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) in black-tailed prairie dog (Rodentia: Sciuridae) towns

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 864-871

  Karhu, Rory ^a   Anderson, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Fleas; Juvenile hormone analog; Oropsylla hirsuta; Prairie dogs; Pyriproxyfen

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE HORMONE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIPROXYFEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLEA; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; INSECT CONTROL; JUVENILE HORMONES; POPULATION DENSITY; PYRIDINES; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0034321955     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.864     Document Type: Article

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