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IN a previous communication1 it was shown that maturation of the female rabbit flea could be induced by injecting castrated buck or virgin doe rabbits with a commercial preparation of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland (‘Ambinon B’ Organon Laboratories, London). In Nature the rabbit flea can only mature its ovaries feeding on a doe during the last 10 days of pregnancy, or on new-born baby rabbits during the first 5 or 6 days of life.
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ROTHSCHILD, M., FORD, B. Maturation and Egg-laying of the Rabbit Flea (Spilopsyllus cuniculi Dale) induced by the External Application of Hydrocortisone. Nature 203, 210–211 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203210a0
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