@article{PAR00013073,
  title = {{R}esponses of artificially reared cat fleas {C}tenocephalides felis felis ({B}ouche, 1835) to different mammalian bloods},
  author = {{K}ernif, {T}. and {S}tafford, {K}. and {C}oles, {G}. {C}. and {B}itam, {I}. and {P}apa, {K}. and {C}hiaroni, {J}. and {R}aoult, {D}idier and {P}arola, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he cat flea, {C}tenocephalides felis felis ({B}ouche, 1835) ({S}iphonaptera: {P}ulicidae), which is found worldwide and which parasitizes many species of wild and domestic animal, is a vector and/or reservoir of bacteria, protozoa and helminths. {T}o aid in the study of the physiology and behaviour of fleas and of their transmission of pathogens, it would be of value to improve the laboratory rearing of pathogen-free fleas. {T}he conditions under which artificially reared fleas at the {U}niversity of {B}ristol ({U}.{K}.) and the {R}ickettsial {D}iseases {I}nstitute ({F}rance) are maintained were studied, with different ratios of male to female fleas per chamber (25:50, 50:100, 100:100, 200:200). {T}he fleas were fed with bovine, ovine, caprine, porcine or human blood containing the anticoagulants sodium citrate or {EDTA}. {E}gg production was highest when fleas were kept in chambers with a ratio of 25 males to 100 females. {I}n addition, the use of {EDTA} as an anticoagulant rather than sodium citrate resulted in a large increase in the number of eggs produced per female; however, the low percentage of eggs developing through to adult fleas was lower with {EDTA}. {T}he modifications described in our rearing methods will improve the rearing of cat fleas for research.},
  keywords = {{C}tenocephalides felis felis ; anticoagulants ; artificially reared fleas ; fleas ; human and animal bloods},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}edical and {V}eterinary {E}ntomology},
  volume = {29},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {171--177},
  ISSN = {0269-283{X}},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1111/mve.12100},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00013073},
}