Elimination of an Infestation of Rat Fur Mites (Radfordia ensifera) from a Colony of Long Evans Rats, Using the Micro-dot Technique for Topical Administration of 1% Ivermectin

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-61

  Kondo, Sylvia Y ^a   Taylor, Andrew D ^a   Chun, Stewart S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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