. Biology of the laboratory mouse. Mice as laboratory animals; Mice; Animals, Laboratory; Mice. PARASITES 373 Just how important bedbugs are in transmitting disease is not known, but it would seem that they might act as transmitters for almost any blood infection of the host or even for those diseases spread through the waste products of the body for they readily travel from one cage to another. In laboratory experiments they have been shown to be capable of transmitting relapsing fever, bubonic plague, and tularemia. It is putting it mildly to say that the eradication of a bedbug infestation
. Biology of the laboratory mouse. Mice as laboratory animals; Mice; Animals, Laboratory; Mice. PARASITES 373 Just how important bedbugs are in transmitting disease is not known, but it would seem that they might act as transmitters for almost any blood infection of the host or even for those diseases spread through the waste products of the body for they readily travel from one cage to another. In laboratory experiments they have been shown to be capable of transmitting relapsing fever, bubonic plague, and tularemia. It is putting it mildly to say that the eradication of a bedbug infestation from a laboratory is a dififiicult task. Fumigation by the use of hydrocvanic acid gas or by burning sulfur is effective in homes, but such treatment in the labora- tory necessitates putting all the experi- mental animals in sterilized cages and removing them to another building or room which would obviously be impracti- cal unless the colony of animals were small. About the best attack is to clean each room systematically and thoroughly, removing the cages of animals from the racks, transferring the animals to sterilized cages and returning them to the racks only after the racks have been painted with kerosene with special atten- tion given to the crevices where the bugs may be hiding. All the crevices in the walls of the room and the cracks in the floor should be thoroughly treated with kerosene. The racks should then be placed so as not to come in contact with the walls. It is even advisable to stand the legs of the racks in cans of the oil. A few days following this procedure an application of a solution of i ounce corrosive sublimate to I pint alcohol and }'i pint turpentine can profitably be applied. The solu- tion should be painted into the cracks of the racks or about the room and other places where the bugs are likely to come in contact with it in their attempt to make their way to the animals. This solution retains its eft'ec- tiveness for some time after the applicat
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