Field trial of systemically delivered arthropod development-inhibitor (Fluazuron) used to control woodrat fleas (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) and ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-84

  Slowik, Ted J ^a,b   Lane, Robert S ^a   Davis, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dusky footed woodrats; Fleas; Fluazuron; Neotoma fuscipes; Orchopeas sexdentatus; Ticks

Indexed keywords

CARBANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; FLUAZURON; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; FLEA; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FLEAS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; RATS; SIGMODONTINAE; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0035228282     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.1.75     Document Type: Article

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