Laboratory techniques for rearing the fleas (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae and Pulicidae) of California ground squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae) using a novel nest box

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 465-470

  Metzger, Marco E ^a,b   Rust, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Echidnophaga gallinacea; Hoplopsyllus anomalus; nest box; Oropsylla montana; Spermophilus beecheyi; sylvatic plague

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FLEAS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0035348912     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.3.465     Document Type: Article

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