Adult Flea
Efficacy of indoxacarb applied to cats against the adult cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, flea eggs and adult flea emergence
... Following treatment, egg production from weekly flea reinfestations was reduced by ≥99.9% at least 5 weeks. Consumption of blood is necessary before cat fleas can initiate reproduction and egg production does not ...
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Evaluation of the efficacy of topically administered imidacloprid + pyriproxyfen and orally administered spinosad against cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis): Impact of treated dogs on flea life stages in a simulated home environment
... the flea life cycle. Flea infestations were established in these environments by infesting each dog with 100 adult cat fleas on Study Days − 21, -16 and ...infestations. Flea comb counts on ...
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Biomechanics of jumping in the flea
... 10 adult fleas were analysed. Each flea jumped between three and nine times (median ...a flea and the orientation of the chamber made it possible determine which jumps were within 20deg of the ...
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The effect of water and shampooing on the efficacy of fluralaner spot on solution against Ixodes ricinus and Ctenocephalides felis infestations in dogs
... and flea co-infestations were conducted on ketamine/xyla- zine sedated dogs on days 4, 28 (4 weeks), 56 (8 weeks), and 84 (12 weeks) after ...and flea removal and counts were performed 48 h (±2 h) after ...
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Cat Flea Outbreak in Kuching District, Sarawak
... and adult. Completion of the life cycle from egg to adult varies from two weeks to eight months depending on the temperature, humidity, food and ...species. Flea eggs are usually laid on dirt or in ...
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A field trial of spinosad for the treatment and prevention of flea infestation in shepherd dogs living in close proximity to flea infested sheep
... fast adult flea killing activity of spi- nosad has a strong negative impact on egg production so that new adult flea emergence progressively de- clines when all dogs (and obviously other ...
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Identification of genes associated with blood feeding in the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis
... Dog, Flea Data ...and flea lar- vae reared on a mixture of pine sawdust, flea faeces, ground guinea pig pellets and powdered brewer’s ...meal. Adult fleas were stored at −80 °C in batches of ...
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Efficacy of fluralaner flavored chews (Bravecto®) administered to dogs against the adult cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis and egg production
... all flea eggs deposited in the stainless steel pans were collected, counted and viability of eggs ...lids. Adult emergence was determined by counting emerged adult fleas approxi- mately 28 days after ...
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Species Composition of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) in Saklıkent Vicinity (Antalya, Turkey) with Observations on Potential Host Plants
... because adult flea beetles feed mainly above the ground on various parts of the herbaceous plants (Konstantinov & Tishechkin, 2004), and it is well known that the number of phytophagous insect species ...
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Synergy between dinotefuran and fipronil against the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis): improved onset of action and residual speed of kill in adult cats
... The insecticidal activity of dinotefuran, fipronil and dinotefuran/fipronil (DF) in a 2:1 fixed ratio (2:1) was evaluated using an in vitro coated-vial bioassay. Test compounds were dissolved in DMSO to a final stock ...
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Experimental transmission of Bartonella henselae by the cat flea
... cat flea is a competent vector in the transmission of ...to flea-borne transmission, direct cat-to-cat transmission among kittens could not be demonstrated in the absence of ...
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The Jump of the Flea: A Study of the Energetics and a Model of the Mechanism
... Key following Snodgrass: c, coxa; c.h, coxal hook; / , femur; n.r, notal ridge; p,' pivot' point of sternal ridge; pl.r, pleural ndge; r, horizontal accessory ridge of metanotum; ret, re[r] ...
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Ballistics and visual targeting in flea beetles (Alticinae)
... downward sweep of the wings was found to be exactly synchronised with hind-leg extension at take-off. This led to the suggestion that the wings might be used to augment the thrust developed by the legs at take-off. In C. ...
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The Evolution of Flea-borne Transmission in Yersinia pestis
... How might an intracellular PLD protect Y. pestis in the flea midgut? The first option to consider is that Ymt might be secreted or released from lysed bacteria in the fle[r] ...
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Dog owner flea/tick medication purchases in the USA
... days flea and tick protection ...provided flea/tick protection after the end of the 12-month period following the ID were not included in the calculation of the duration of flea/tick ...
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Host gender and offspring quality in a flea parasitic on a rodent
... the flea offspring were ...the flea or the host. A newly emerged flea, on average, lived ...male flea offspring was the only effect that supported the ...
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Systemically and cutaneously distributed ectoparasiticides: a review of the efficacy against ticks and fleas on dogs
... Fluralaner delivers a potent ectoparasiticidal effect fol- lowing ingestion by the parasite. Therefore, exposure to the active ingredient occurs when the arthropod bites the host and feeds on subcutaneous tissue fluids ...
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Dynamics of distribution and efficacy of different spot on permethrin formulations in dogs artificially infested with Dermacentor reticulatus
... the Testing and Evaluation of the Efficacy of Antiparasitic Substances for the Treatment and Prevention of Tick and Flea Infestation in Dogs and Cats” by the EMEA [18], ticks are recomme[r] ...
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Role of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases in volatile emissions and insect resistance in Arabidopsis
... crucifer flea beetles has been quite challenging due to the fact that the beetles attack and quickly injure or destroy seedlings shortly after the beetles’ ...the flea beetle population (Burgess, 1977). ...
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Rapid evolution of thermal tolerance in the water flea Daphnia
... water flea Daphnia to tolerate higher temperatures using both a selection experiment and the reconstruction of evolution over a period of forty years derived from a layered dormant egg ...
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