<strong>Protocols</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>field</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>laboratory</strong> <strong>rodent</strong> <strong>studies</strong>EditorsVincent Herbreteau 1,2,3 , Sathaporn Jittapalapong 4 , Worawut Rerkamnuaychoke 5 , Yannick Chaval 6 , Jean-FrançoisCosson 6 <strong>and</strong> Serge Mor<strong>and</strong> 1,3AuthorsJean-Christophe Auffray 1 , Kim Blasdell 7 , Frédéric Bordes 1 , Magali Chabé 8 , Kittipong Chaisiri 9 , NathalieCharbonnel 6 , Yannick Chaval 6 , Julien Claude 1 , Jean-François Cosson 6 , Eduardo Dei-Cas 8 , Marc Desquesnes 10,4 ,Gauthier Dobigny 6 , Bounneuang Douangboupha 11 , Maxime Galan 6 , Voitto Haukisalmi 12 , Heikki Henttonen 12 ,Vincent Herbreteau 1,2,3 , Jean-Pierre Hugot 13 , Tawisa Jiyipong 4 , Alice Latinne 6 , Johan Michaux 6 , CristinaMilocco 10 , Serge Mor<strong>and</strong> 1,3 , Marie Pagès 6 , Duangkamol Phoophitpong 5 , Pornpan Pumhom 4 , Alexis RibasSalvador 14 , Saksiri Soonchan 15 , Yupin Suputtamongkol 16 , Surachit Waengsothorn 17 , Duangdao Waywa 16 , AnneXuéreb 6 .1CNRS - IRD - Université Montpellier 2, UMR ISEM (Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution), F-34095 Montpellier,France.2Cemagref, UMR TETIS, F-34093 Montpellier, France.3CIRAD, UPR AGIRs, F-34398 Montpellier, Montpellier, France.4Kasetsart University, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bangkok 10900, Thail<strong>and</strong>.5Kasetsart University, Department of Veterinary Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Bangkok 10900,Thail<strong>and</strong>.6INRA, UMR CBGP (INRA/IRD/Cirad/Montpellier SupAgro), Campus international de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.7Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.8Institut Pasteur de Lille - INSERM U1019 - CNRS UMR8204 - Université Lille Nord de France, BDEEP (Biology& Diversity of Emerging Eukaryotic Pathogens), F-59019 Lille, France.9Mahidol University, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Department of Helminthology, Bangkok 10400, Thail<strong>and</strong>.10CIRAD, UMR177-Trypanosomes (IRD-CIRAD), F-34398 Montpellier, France.11NAFRI (National Agricultural <strong>and</strong> Forestry Research Institute), National Agricultural Research Centre, Vientiane,Lao P.D.R.12Finnish Forest Research Institute, Vantaa Research Centre, Vantaa, Finl<strong>and</strong>.13MNHN (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle), UMR7205 OSEB (Origine, Structure et Evolution de laBiodiversité), F-75005 Paris, France.14Universitat de Barcelona, Laboratori de Parasitologia, Departament de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries,Facultat de Farmàcia i Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Barcelona, Spain.1511/101 Kunklong road, Hua Hin district, Prachuap Kirikan, Thail<strong>and</strong>.16Mahidol University, Siriraj Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Bangkok 10700, Thail<strong>and</strong>17TISTR (Thail<strong>and</strong> Institute of Scientific <strong>and</strong> Technological Research), Pathum Thani 12120, Thail<strong>and</strong>.I