Testing the use of a citronella-based repellent as an effective method to reduce the prevalence and abundance of biting flies in avian nests

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1233-1236

  Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Lobato, Elisa ^a   Rivero De Aguilar, Juan ^a   Del Cerro, Sara ^a   Ruiz De Castañeda, Rafael ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRONELLAL; INSECT REPELLENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FOWL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE);

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CYMBOPOGON; INSECT REPELLENTS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PASSERIFORMES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SIMULIIDAE;

AVES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CITRONELLA; HEXAPODA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 62949167808     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1353-9     Document Type: Article

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