Flea (Siphonaptera:Ceratophyllidae, hystrichopsyllidae) and tick (Acarina:Ixodidae) control on wood rats using host-targeted liquid permethrin in bait tubes.
The efficacy of a liquid permethrin-treated bait tube controlling fleas and ticks on Mexican wood rats, Neotoma mexicana Baird, was evaluated during a 1-yr study in north-central Colorado. Results indicated that the bait tubes were effective for reducing flea and tick infestations on wood rats. The effects of treatment persisted throughout the study, despite the fact that bait tubes were replenished with bait and permethrin only during the first 4 mo (4 replenishments). Our results suggest that these bait tubes provide an effective, economical, and environmentally acceptable means of controlling vectors of flea or tick-borne diseases, although slight modifications of the basic bait tube design might be required to maintain the effectiveness of the tube under different ecological conditions.
Gage
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Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO 80522, USA.
Maupin
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GO
Montenieri
J
J
Piesman
J
J
Dolan
M
M
Panella
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D000818:Animals; D007300:Insect Control; D007306:Insecticides; D026023:Permethrin; D011722:Pyrethrins; D051381:Rats; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005423:Siphonaptera; D013983:Tick Control; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000662:veterinary*
D007306:Insecticides; D011722:Pyrethrins; D026023:Permethrin