An Ectoparasitic Survey of Mammals from Lavaca County, Texas

Abstract

In view of the prevalence of murine typhus in southern Texas, an extensive programme of research on the disease has been carried out in Lavaca County since January 1945. It has included a survey of ectoparasites of mammals, and a list is here given of species examined and of the species of insects, mites or ticks found on them. All but one of the insects recorded were fleas or lice.