Field efficacy of deltamethrin for rodent flea control in San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 212-217

  Mian, Lal S ^a   Hitchcock, James C ^b   Madon, Minoo B ^b   Myers, Charles M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Deltamethrin; Flea control; Plague; Rodents (S.beecheyi)

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLEA; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; FLEAS; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT CONTROL; NITRILES; POPULATION DENSITY; PYRETHRINS; SCIURIDAE;

HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE; OROPSYLLA; OROPSYLLA MONTANA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI;

EID: 14744287212     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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