Evaluation of five systemic insecticide baits to control fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae and Ceratophyllidae) on rodents (Rodentia: Muridae and Sciuridae).
We evaluated the efficacy of 5 systemic insecticide compounds, each incorporated into edible baits to control flea (Siphonaptera) vectors of the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann), with brown rats (Rattus norvegicus, Berkenhout) and rock squirrels (Otospermophilus variegatus, Erxleben) in a laborato...