Sobey W R, Menzies W, Conolly D
J Hyg (Lond). 1974 Jun;72(3):453-65. doi: 10.1017/s002217240002369x.
Rabbit fleas for use in Myxomatosis investigations have been successfully bred on rabbits in an animal house. The timing of emergence appeared to be governed by a biological timing control interacting with different forms of disturbance. Yield was found to be related to litter size, the time the doe and her kittens were removed from the nest, the number of fleas put onto a doe before littering and the mean ambient temperature to which the doe was exposed in the week pre-partum. The survival rate of fleas in storage was affected by temperature, the degree of crowding, moisture content of the containers, whether fleas were fed or unfed and the source of fleas in terms of emergence times.
用于黏液瘤病研究的兔蚤已在动物房成功地在兔子身上繁殖。蚤的出现时间似乎受与不同形式干扰相互作用的生物定时控制。已发现产量与窝仔数、母兔及其幼兔离巢的时间、产仔前放在母兔身上的蚤的数量以及母兔在产前一周所接触的平均环境温度有关。储存中蚤的存活率受温度、拥挤程度、容器的湿度、蚤是否进食以及就出现时间而言蚤的来源的影响。
