On-Host Viability and Fecundity of Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), Using a Novel Chambered Flea Technique
| Autor: | Irene Popiel, Rex E. Thomas, Lynda Wallenfels |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Flea Time Factors animal diseases media_common.quotation_subject Zoology Animals Ctenocephalides media_common General Veterinary biology Host (biology) Ecology Felis Pesticide bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification Fecundity Pulicidae Fertility Infectious Diseases Insect Science Cats Siphonaptera Female Parasitology Reproduction Entomology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Entomology. 33:250-256 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2928 0022-2585 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jmedent/33.2.250 |
| Popis: | The on-host viability and fecundity of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouche), confined within a novel chambering system are described. Using this system, all fleas and flea eggs are recovered from chambers after fleas have fed on cats. Thus, accurate calculations of both adult flea survival and female flea fecundity can be made. The technique provides a microenvironment in which adult fleas exhibit >90% survival over 14 d. Female fleas lay an average of 9.5 eggs per day on the 2nd d of feeding, 22.1 eggs per day between days 3 and 7, and 19.6 eggs per day between days 3 and 14. These numbers are similar to values previously reported for studies in which fleas were not confined. The technique permits accurate, multiple sampling of experimental flea populations during a study, and does not require the use of pesticides or extensive combing to collect surviving fleas at the end of a study. Moreover, the technique does not require that cats be caged or prevented from grooming. Collecting data from fleas confined in chambers is much less time consuming and labor intensive than studies with free-roaming fleas. |
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