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Use of permethrin eradicated the tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti) from a colony of mutagenized and transgenic mice.
Contemporary topics in laboratory animal science - 1 Sept 2005
Hill William A, Randolph Mildred M, Boyd Keli L, Mandrell Timothy D
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The tropical rat mite, Ornithonyssus bacoti, was identified in a colony of mutagenized and transgenic mice at a large academic institution. O. bacoti is an obligate, blood-feeding ectoparasite with an extensive host range. Although the source of the infestation was likely feral rodents, none were...
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