OBSERVATIONS ON THE FEEDING OF FLEAS UNDER CONDITIONS OF FORCED FEEDING THROUGH CAPILLARY TUBES CONTAINING THE PLAGUE MICROBE

Abstract

Studies were made of the rate of feeding and degree of engorgement of X. gerbilli minax and C. laeviceps fleas during forced feeding through capillaries. Differences were shown in the rate of absorption and volume of infected liquid taken in depending on its qualitative composition. Observations were made of the survival rate of fleas which had been forced fed with plague microbes; it was established that the death of fleas as a result of the procedure of feeding did not increase noticeably in comparison with normal.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0685406

Entities

People

  • A. N. Alekseev
  • N. M. Khrustselevskaya
  • V. A. Bibikova

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Accuracy
  • Blood
  • Capillary Tubes
  • Conformity
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Insects
  • Lepidoptera
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microvessels
  • Observation
  • Psychophysiology
  • Rodents
  • Survival
  • Volume

Readers

  • Microbial Pathology
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Vector-Borne Disease and Entomology