The Flea
Biomechanics of jumping in the flea
... of flea (Krasnov et ...the flea is able to jump, we do not think this is probable, because other species of insect have had little difficulty generating different jump trajectories from this surface ...
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Effect of temperature and relative humidity on the development times and survival of Synopsyllus fonquerniei and Xenopsylla cheopis, the flea vectors of plague in Madagascar
... two flea species primarily involved in plague transmis- sion: Xenopsylla cheopis ...vector flea species coexist on the island, but occupy different niches, with ...the flea communities infesting rats ...
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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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Tracheal Pulsation in the Flea
... The effects of HCN were particularly observed on the various body rhythms; among these rhythms appeared the slow inflation and rapid deflation of the main branches of the tracheal system[r] ...
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Duration of annual canine flea and tick protection provided by dog owners in Spain
... of flea/tick season. Rec- ommendations for treating flea infestations focus on providing protection for 90 days and require application of at least two ectoparasiticide doses, and usually more, when the ...
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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 flea strain differences, but also by an improved ac- tivity related to the synergy between the two active ingre- dients tested in the present ...of flea infesta- ...against flea-borne ...in ...
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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
... a flea infestation with 100 (±4) unfed adult Ctenoce- phalides felis fleas followed by flea removal and count 48 h (±2 h) ...The flea isolate used in the study originated from the University of ...
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Ctenocephalides canis is the dominant flea species of dogs in the Republic of Korea
... dominant flea species infesting dogs in the USA, Mexico and western Europe is Ctenocephalides felis felis while in some countries in central and eastern Europe, as well as Ireland and Argentina the flea ...
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A reverse vaccinology approach to the identification and characterization of Ctenocephalides felis candidate protective antigens for the control of cat flea infestations
... the flea sample and all the sequences corresponding to all the BLASTX hits of these transcripts with the reference predicted exoproteome proteins (see Dataset 1 in Additional file ...
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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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Influence of Plant Metabolites on Flea Beetle Infestation in Spider Plant Morphotypes
... the flea beetles which is attributed to the carbohydrate-protein rich background of glucose and amino acids which are readily absorbed forming an instant source of “succour” to the insect herbivore upon ingestion ...
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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
... zero flea counts and/ or of the flea count reductions in spinosad-treated ...before flea counting in order to avoid, as much as pos- sible, infestations by newly-emerged ...for flea counting ...
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Ballistics and visual targeting in flea beetles (Alticinae)
... in flea-beetles is a directed behaviour pattern and not just a randomised high-speed escape ...the flea-beetles, except on a very general basis, as will be seen ...
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Knock down and speed of kill of a combination of fipronil and permethrin for the prevention of Ctenocephalides felis flea infestation in dogs
... These results indicate that the 2 molecules may act synergistically. Synergy is defined as the interaction of two substances to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. For fipronil and ...
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Experimental transmission of Bartonella henselae by the cat flea
... the flea proventriculus becomes blocked after multiplication of ...starving flea repeatedly attempts to feed ...through flea feces when the host subse- quently scratches the flea bite, as is ...
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Identification of genes associated with blood feeding in the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis
... Two additional genes were identified that were not secretory, namely B43 and S61, and these appear to en- code a topoisomerase II and a glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) mannosyltransferase 2 enzyme, respectively. B43 ...
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Systemically and cutaneously distributed ectoparasiticides: a review of the efficacy against ticks and fleas on dogs
... confirmed flea efficacy > 91 % at 4 h after re-infestation for 8 weeks after initial treatment and efficacy ≥ 98 % at 8, 12 and 24 h after re-infestation for a period of 12 weeks ...of flea reproduction ...
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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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Dog owner flea/tick medication purchases in the USA
... of flea control compared with one month related to the nature of the flea life cycle within the ...the flea population on dogs in simulated households [17 – 19] and in a field investiga- tions ...
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A flea and tick collar containing 10% imidacloprid and 4 5% flumethrin prevents flea transmission of Bartonella henselae in cats
... with flea survival on the animals and via killing flea larvae also interrupt the establishment of a constant flea ...the flea development life ...
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