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  • efficacy of selamectin spinosad and spinosad milbemycin oxime against the ks1 Ctenocephalides Felis flea strain infesting dogs
    Parasites & Vectors, 2013
    Co-Authors: Michael W Dryden, Vicki Smith, Patricia A Payne, Thomas C Berg, Melanie Lane
    Abstract:

    Background A study was conducted to evaluate and compare the efficacy of selamectin, spinosad, and spinosad/milbemycin oxime against the KS1 strain of Ctenocephalides Felis on dogs.

  • Efficacy of selamectin, spinosad, and spinosad/milbemycin oxime against the KS1 Ctenocephalides Felis flea strain infesting dogs
    Parasites & Vectors, 2013
    Co-Authors: Michael W Dryden, Vicki Smith, Patricia A Payne, Thomas C Berg, Melanie Lane
    Abstract:

    Background A study was conducted to evaluate and compare the efficacy of selamectin, spinosad, and spinosad/milbemycin oxime against the KS1 strain of Ctenocephalides Felis on dogs.

  • Development of a trap for collecting newly emerged Ctenocephalides Felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in homes.
    Journal of medical entomology, 1993
    Co-Authors: Michael W Dryden, Alberto B. Broce
    Abstract:

    The visible light spectra most attractive to cat fleas, Ctenocephalides Felis (Bouche), were determined. A green-yellow filter with a transmittance spectrum centered at 515-nm and a 82.5-nm half-height width attracted significantly more fleas than any other filter or white light. This information and observations on this flea's behavior were used to design a trap with a green-yellow filter and a light source with a 10-min:5-s (on and off) cycle. This trap collected > 86% of the live fleas released into a carpeted room (3.1 by 3.3 m) during a 20-h test period, whereas each of three commercially available flea traps collected approximately 13% of the fleas. Fleas 57% of the fleas released 8.4 m from the trap.

  • Blood consumption by the cat flea, Ctenocephalides Felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)
    Journal of medical entomology, 1991
    Co-Authors: Michael W Dryden, S.m. Gaafar
    Abstract:

    The volume of blood consumed by actively reproducing female cat fleas, Ctenocephalides Felis (Bouche), while feeding in confinement feeding chambers on cats for 3 h, was investigated using two radionuclide blood tags (51Cr-erythrocyte and 125I-albumin) and the gravimetric method. Female fleas consumed an average of 0.110 ml (±0.026 ml) of blood per 100 females in 3 h as determined using the dual radionuclide system. The single 5lCr-erythrocyte tag overestimated blood consumption by 11.3% and the single 125I-albumin tag underestimated blood consumption by 6.4%. The gravimetric method underestimated blood consumption by 72.2% compared with the dual radionuclide value. Investigations of blood consumption of nonconfined female fleas were conducted with cats housed in metabolic cages and restricted from grooming. These investigations were conducted using the single 51Cr-erythrocyte tag, and the data obtained were corrected to compensate for using a single erythrocyte tag. Female cat fleas consumed an average of 13.6μl (±2.7 μl) of blood per day, which was equivalent to 15.15 times their body weight. In an additional study, direct exposure to 40 kHz ultrasound did not reduce blood consumption by the fleas.

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