Evaluation of insecticidal activity of flea products is generally based on counting live fleas in the animal's coat 24 and 48 hours following artificial infestation. This approach, however, does not allow to specify whether the fleas have had the opportunity to bite and take a bloodmeal prior to their death. To address this question, 30 cats were alloted to six groups of five animals. Each cat ...

A study was done of the bionomics, insecticide susceptibility and irritability status of Anopheles culicifacies in Sistan va Baluchestan province. Sampling was performed to determine the following parameters: species identification, seasonal activity, adult and larval susceptibility tests, irritability tests, anthropophily index and sporozoite rate. An. culicfacies adults were susceptible to al...

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito-borne viral disease and several species of the Culex genera can transmit JE. The present study was conducted to observe resistance in Cx. vishnui subgroup against organophosphates, widely used fogging controlling 12 localities Dibrugarh Tinsukia districts Assam, endemic for Susceptibility tests performed revealed both pseudovishnui tritaeniorhynchus were...