Ability of bed bug-detecting canines to locate live bed bugs and viable bed bug eggs

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1389-1396

  Pfiester, Margie ^a   Koehler, Philip G ^a   Pereira, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Camponotus floridanus; Cimex lectularius; Dog; Pseudoscent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CIMEX; COCKROACH; DOG; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSING; ISOPTERA; MALE; ODOR; OOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEDBUGS; COCKROACHES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; HOUSING; ISOPTERA; MALE; ODORS; OVUM; SMELL;

BLATTELLA GERMANICA; CAMPONOTUS FLORIDANUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES;

EID: 50849110147     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1389:AOBBCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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