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POTENTIAL CONTROL OF ECTOPARASITES OF VERTEBRATES BY SYSTEMIC TREATMENT OF BLOOD WITH MIXTURES CONTAINING ANTIBIOTICS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. J. Musgrave
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
E. B. French
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario

Abstract

High mortality occurred in the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus Ståhl after feeding through an artificial membrane on defibrinated mammalian blood containing injectable antibiotic mixtures.

Type
Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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