background: to compare the effectiveness of 3 commercial gel bait formulations containing fipronil (goliath ã cockroach gel 0.05% ai), chlorpyrifos-a (clean bait ã gel, 2% ai), and chloropyrifos-b (serpa ã gel 2% ai) against german cockroaches ( blattella germanica ) when stored at 23°c and 30° c after treatment. methods: laboratory bioassays consisted of placing groups of fifteen cockroaches ...