Consumption of flea faeces and eggs by larvae of the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 445-447

  Hsu, M H ^a   Hsu, Y C ^a   Wu, W J ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Ctenocephalides felis; Egg consumption; Flea faeces; Non viable eggs; Siphonaptera

Indexed keywords

FLEA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; CAT; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLEA; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; CATS; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLEAS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; INVERTEBRATA; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0036909219     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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