FLEA AND TICK CONTROL: REAL MEDICINE

From: DVM | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Dryden, Michael W | Copyright information

The cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, can inflict repeated painful bites and cause allergic dermatitis in both animals and people.

It can also serve as the vector of Rickettsia typhi and Bartonella henselae and as an intermediate host for some filarid and cestode parasites. Controlling flea infestations, therefore, spares pets and owners the effects of an infestation and reduces disease transmission.

Several insecticides, such as fipronil, imidacloprid, nitenpyram, and selamectin...

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