Seasonal occurrence of Ctenocephalides felis felis and Ctenocephalides canis (Siphonaptera:Pulicidae) infesting dogs and cats in an urban area in Cuernavaca, Mexico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 111-113

  Cruz Vazquez, Carlos ^a   Gamez, Eduardo Castro ^b   Fernandez, Magdalena Parada ^b   Parra, Miguel Ramos ^a  

^a Inst Tecn Agropec   (Mexico)

^b CoVePEs Cuernavaca Cda ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cats; Ctenocephalides canis; Ctenocephalides felis felis; Dogs; Fleas; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FLEA; INFESTATION; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; MEXICO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0040028568     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.1.111     Document Type: Article

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