The cat flea (scientific name Ctenocephalides felis) is an extremely common parasitic insect whose principal host is the domestic cat, although a high...
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the cat flea), with a proboscis, or stylet, adapted to feeding by piercing the skin and sucking their host's blood through their epipharynx. Flea legs...
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of Ctenocephalides felis, the cat flea. Cats could be infected with B. henselae through intradermal inoculation using flea feces containing B. henselae...
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flea (Ctenocephalides canis) is a species of flea that lives as an ectoparasite on a wide variety of mammals, particularly the domestic dog and cat....
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Microbes" "Fleas (The Good Wife)", a first season episode of The Good Wife Cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, whose primary host are domestic cats Snow flea, small...
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Flea allergy dermatitis is an eczematous itchy skin disease of dogs and cats. For both of these domestic species, flea allergy dermatitis is the most common...
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of them also affect mammals. Pyrethrin based flea treatments meant for dogs can be hazardous to cats. Flea and tick ointment is also hazardous to humans...
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Pulicosis (redirect from Flea bites)
skin condition caused by several species of fleas, including the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) and dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis). This condition can...
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The human flea (Pulex irritans) – once also called the house flea – is a cosmopolitan flea species that has, in spite of the common name, a wide host spectrum...
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Ctenocephalides (category Flea stubs)
Ctenocephalides is a flea genus in the tribe Archaeopsyllini which includes the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis and the dog flea, C canis. Species and...
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Echidnophaga gallinacea (redirect from Sticktight flea)
in colour and is a small flea measuring approximately 2 millimetres in length, which is half the size of the common cat flea. Echidnophaga gallinacea...
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can be used to differentiate the Oriental rat flea from the cat flea, dog flea, and other fleas. The flea's body is about one tenth of an inch long (about...
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are treatments to eliminate parasites such as worms, ticks, and fleas. The domestic cat is a cosmopolitan species and occurs across much of the world....
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Rickettsia felis (category Cat diseases)
is a species of bacterium, the pathogen that causes cat-flea typhus in humans, also known as flea-borne spotted fever. Rickettsia felis also is regarded...
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Tunga penetrans (redirect from Chloe flea)
is a species of flea also known as the jigger, jigger flea, chigoe, chigo, chigoe flea, chigo flea, nigua, sand flea, or burrowing flea. It is a parasitic...
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intestine. The obligate intermediate host is primarily the cat flea, occasionally also the cat hair flea. The tapeworm members shed in the intestine leave the...
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Psychogenic alopecia (redirect from Cat baldness)
irritable cat may even cut its face with the claw of its hind foot if over-zealously scratching the back of its head. Cat flea Cat health Cat skin disorders...
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Michael Peter Balzary (born October 16, 1962), known professionally as Flea, is an Australian and American musician. He is a founding member and bassist...
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the fleas that infest rats. While rat fleas are the most common vectors, cat fleas and mouse fleas are less common modes of transmission. These fleas are...
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Bartonellosis (section Cat-scratch disease)
Cat scratch disease occurs worldwide. Cats are the main reservoir of Bartonella henselae, and the bacterium is transmitted to cats by the cat flea Ctenocephalides...
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An Itch in Time (redirect from A. Flea)
with a dog and cat that look similar to Willoughby and Claude Cat. A. Flea would make another appearance in 1947's A Horse Fly Fleas, directed by Robert...
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A tabby cat, or simply tabby, is any domestic cat (Felis catus) with a distinctive M-shaped marking on its forehead, stripes by its eyes and across its...
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house cats worldwide, primarily causing inflammation of feline conjunctiva, rhinitis and respiratory problems Ctenocephalides felis, the cat flea, flea species...
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Moggy (redirect from Domestic long-haired cat)
population, the number of cats started to recover after centuries of persecution, as they were encouraged as protectors from flea-carrying rats. How the...
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Feline leukemia virus (category Cat diseases)
"Evidence of horizontal transmission of feline leukemia virus by the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis)". Parasitology Research. 91 (6): 467–470. doi:10...
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List of feline diseases (redirect from Cat Disease)
Aspergillosis Avian influenza in cats Bladder cancer in cats and dogs Bone cancer in cats and dogs Cancer in cats Cat worm infections Cat flu, an upper respiratory...
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Fleas tend to be the most common ectoparasite in cats and some studies show indirect evidence that grooming in cats is effective in dislodging fleas from...
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María Fernanda Cardoso (section Cardoso Flea Circus)
styrofoam. One of her most famous art installations was a flea circus that featured live cat fleas. The circus toured internationally at venues including...
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Dipylidium caninum (category Parasites of cats)
cyclophyllid cestode that infects organisms afflicted with fleas and canine chewing lice, including dogs, cats, and sometimes human pet-owners, especially children...
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Flohwalzer (redirect from Flea waltz)
the Cat), in Spain as "La Chocolatera", in the Netherlands as "Vlooienmars" (Flea March), in French-speaking countries as "Valse des puces" (Flea Waltz)...
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