| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1966 |
| Authors: | C. M. Clifford |
| Journal: | Journal of economic entomology |
| Volume: | 59 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pagination: | 738 - 740 |
| Date Published: | 1966 |
| ISBN Number: | 0022-0493 |
| Keywords: | animals, insecticide, lice, mice |
| Abstract: | A host-parasite system, in which large and uniform populations of lice, Polyplax serrata (Burmeister), are developed on laboratory mice, was evaluated as a method for testing systemic insecticides. Tests with ronnel demonstrated that the effectiveness of multiple doses of a systemic insecticide could be evaluated by using this mouse-louse system. Furthermore, other studies on dosages and toxicity in mice would be possible. This host-parasite system has the advantage of testing the chemical on an ectoparasite that is living in its natural microenvironment. |