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OwnerCordelia G. Rasa, Harold W. Heimbach +2inventors
InventorsCordelia G. Rasa, Harold W. Heimbach, Wesley L. Shoop, Michelle Zakson-Aiken
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The present invention is directed to a flea feeding apparatus and method for obtaining in vivo feeding data for fleas feeding from a blood source. In particular, the present invention is directed to a flea feeding apparatus and method for obtaining in vivo flea feeding data for fleas feeding from blood sources such as, for example, a mammal or reptile. The flea feeding apparatus includes a containment system comprised of a subject-restraining apparatus and a removable housing that confine the fleas in proximity with the blood source in order to obtain in vivo flea feeding data. This invention allows a known quantity of fleas to feed on a test blood source undisturbed, followed by the recovery of all of the fleas for further observation and analysis, with minimal stress and manipulation of the blood source (test animal host).
An in vivo hematophagous feeding apparatus, for feeding hematophagous feeders on blood from a blood host, comprising:
A method for feeding hematophagous feeders directly onto a non-sedated blood host comprising the steps of
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