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Simultaneous Eradication of Three Ectoparasitic Species from a Colony of Laboratory Mice

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THE mange mites and blood-sucking louse commonly infesting laboratory mice (to the almost certain detriment of survival and fecundity) can be entirely eradicated by modern topical and systemic pesticides. The present communication gives details of a proved, if time-consuming, procedure whereby a one-room colony of four hundred cages was cleared of three of the following ectoparasites (Fig. 1) :

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BATEMAN, N. Simultaneous Eradication of Three Ectoparasitic Species from a Colony of Laboratory Mice. Nature 191, 721–722 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191721a0

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