Effect of pyriproxyfen in the blood diet of adult cat fleas on adult survival, egg viability and larval development /

Adult fleas were housed in plastic cages and fed treated

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meier, Kristin Andra, 1970-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
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Description
Summary:Adult fleas were housed in plastic cages and fed treated
blood maintained in the heated chamber of an artificial
bovine blood much like they would feed through the skin of a
concentrations of pyriproxyfen as low as 0.001 ppm.
concentrations of pyriproxyfen ranging from 1 to 10 ppm. In
fleas were fed for a period of 11 days on blood containing
further testing is warranted in live animals.
hatch when they were laid by fleas fed blood containing
investigated for its efficacy in control of adult, egg, and
larval stages of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis Bouche).
Likewise, larvae failed to reach the adult stage when they
membrane feeding system. The membrane consisted of thinly
minimum of 1 ppm pyriproxyfen. These results suggest that
pet animal. Control fleas were fed blood without
pyriproxyfen may be effective for control of all stages of
pyriproxyfen. Significant mortality occurred when adult
stretched parafilm which allowed fleas to feed ad-libitum on
the cat flea when fed as an oral medication to pets and that
The systemic activity of pyriproxyfen in the blood diet was
this experiment, 80-90% of the fleas died by day 9 compared
were fed fecal blood excreted by fleas fed blood containing a
with 15% mortality in the controls. Eggs also failed to
Item Description:"Major subject: Entomology".
Vita.
Physical Description:xii, 56 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references: pages 53-55.