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Susceptibility of Adult Cat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) to Insecticides and Status of Insecticide Resistance Mutations at the Rdl and Knockdown Resistance Loci.
Parasitology research - 1 Aug 2015
Rust Michael K, Vetter Richard, Denholm Ian, Blagburn Byron, Williamson Martin S, Kopp Steven, Coleman Glen, Hostetler Joe, Davis Wendell, Mencke Norbert, Rees Robert, Foit Sabrina, Böhm Claudia, Tetzner Kathrin
Abstract excerpt
The susceptibility of 12 field-collected isolates and 4 laboratory strains of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis was determined by topical application of some of the insecticides used as on-animal therapies to control them. In the tested field-collected flea isolates the LD50 values for fipronil and imidacloprid ranged from 0.09 to 0.35 ng/flea and 0.02 to 0.19 ng/flea, respectively, and were consistent with...
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