Ornithonyssus bacoti infestation and elimination from a mouse colony

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 27-30

  Cole, Joan S ^a   Sabol Jones, Michelle ^a   Karolewski, Brian ^a   Byford, Tracylea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTERILANT; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRIN;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CLEANING; DESQUAMATION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANISM COLONY; ORNITHONYSSUS BACOTI; PARASITE CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRURITUS; RABBIT; SKIN EXCORIATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MICE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA; ORNITHONYSSUS BACOTI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 25144483815     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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