Journal of Hygiene

Table of Contents - 1973 - Volume 71, Issue 02  

Research Article

Macquarie Island: the introduction of the European rabbit flea Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale) as a possible vector for myxomatosis

W. E. Sobeya1, K. M. Adamsa1, G. C. Johnstona2, L. R. Goulda2, K. N. G. Simpsona3 and K. Keitha4

a1 CSIRO, Division of Animal Genetics, P.O. Box 90, Epping, NSW 2121

a2 Department of Agriculture, GPO Box 1926, Hobart, Tasmania, 7000

a3 Department of Zoology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168

a4 CSIRO, Division of Wildlife Research, P.O. Box 84, Lyneham, ACT 2602

Abstract

The European rabbit flea Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale) was first released on Macquarie Island in December 1968. The flea has survived and bred on the island and about 30% of the rabbits sampled from the original release area in January 1972 were flea-infested.

(Received August 30 1972)

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