Flea blood feeding patterns in cats treated with oral nitenpyram and the topical insecticides imidacloprid, fipronil and selamectin

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 293-301

  McCoy, C ^a   Broce, A B ^a   Dryden, M W ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood feeding; Cat flea; Cats; Ctenocephalides felis; Fipronil; Fleas; Imidacloprid; Nitenpyram; Selamectin

Indexed keywords

ADVANTAGE; CAPSTAR; FIPRONIL; FRONTLINE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMIDACOPRID; INSECTICIDE; NITENPYRAM; REVOLUTION; SELAMECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLEA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ANIMALS; CATS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLEAS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PYRAZOLES; PYRIDINES;

CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 50249171669     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.04.028     Document Type: Article

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