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

1 July 1969

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Canadian Entomologist

Vol. 101 (7) , 757-759
https://doi.org/10.4039/ent101757-7

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.

Keywords

TREATMENT
STÅHL
SYSTEMIC
VERTEBRATES
BUG
SUCKING
FEEDING
DEFIBRINATED
ECTOPARASITES
MORTALITY

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

Insect Mycetomes
The Canadian Entomologist, 1964
A Practical Apparatus for Feeding Artificial Diets to All Stages ofRhodnius prolixusStål
The Canadian Entomologist, 1963