The cat flea (Ctenocephalides f. felis) is the dominant flea on domestic dogs and cats in Australian veterinary practices

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 383-388

  Šlapeta, Jan ^a   King, Jessica ^a   McDonell, Denise ^a   Malik, Richard ^a   Homer, David ^b   Hannan, Pip ^b   Emery, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australia; Cat flea; Distribution; Dog flea; Feral fox; Flea; Haplotype; PCR; Reservoir; Stickfast flea

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT II; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASE MISPAIRING; BRADIOPSYLLA ECHIDNAE; CAT; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHIDNOPHAGA GALLINACEA; FEMALE; FLEA; FLEA BITE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEASHORE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STICKFAST FLEA; URBAN AREA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; ECHIDNOPHAGA GALLINACEA; FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 79960838652     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.03.035     Document Type: Article

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