▪ Abstract The cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis, is the most important ectoparasite of
domestic cats and dogs worldwide. In addition to its annoyance to pets and humans, C. felis …

Control failures and recurrences of infestation of dogs, cats and their home environment with
the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis are common. Attempts to control these infestations …

Bartonella henselae is an emerging bacterial pathogen, causing cat scratch disease and
bacillary angiomatosis. Cats bacteremic with B. henselae constitute a large reservoir from …

abstract These second edition guidelines, updated from the 2007 version (Marchiondo et al.,
2007), are intended to assist the planning and conduct of laboratory and clinical studies to …

Flea and tick infestations of pets and the home environment are a common occurrence and
their elimination can be an expensive and time-consuming problem. Many problems in …

The book describes in great detail the complex life cycle of fleas. The text is based on the
example of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), the most important ectoparasite. The cat flea …

Historically, veterinarians have told their clients that one flea is all that is necessary to
produce and maintain the clinical signs of flea allergy dermatitis (FAD). Newer adulticides …

The natural transmission routes of the three feline haemotropic mycoplasmas–Mycoplasma
haemofelis,'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum', and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma …

In order to investigate the possible role of dog fleas in the transmission of trypanosomatids,
ectoparasites were removed from 59 dogs testing positive for canine zoonotic visceral …

Most vertebrates host a wide variety of haematophagous parasites, which may play an
important role in the transmission of vector-borne microorganisms to hosts. Surveillance is …