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The flea found most commonly on both dogs and cats with a flea infestation is the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis. [2] Pets that develop flea allergy dermatitis have an allergic response to flea saliva injected during flea feeding. The itch associated with just one flea bite persists long after that flea is gone and leads to significant self ...
Pulicidae feed on mammalian blood. Ctenocephalides felis felis is also known as the cat flea, and is an extremely important parasite of domestic cats and dogs. They prefer to feed on areas round the head and neck of a cat, rather than the ventral part of the body. [4]
Ctenocephalides felis felis. The cat flea belongs to the insect order Siphonaptera which in its adult stage is an obligatory hematophage.Adults of both sexes range from 1–2 mm long and are usually a reddish-brown colour, although the abdomens of gravid females often swell with eggs causing them to appear banded in cream and dark brown.
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Flea bites cause a slightly raised, swollen, irritating nodule to form on the epidermis at the site of each bite, with a single puncture point at the centre, like a mosquito bite. [34]: 126 This can lead to an eczematous itchy skin disease called flea allergy dermatitis, which is common in many host species, including dogs and cats. [29]
The Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) recently released video which shows a woman trying to rescue a cat that had been spotted on a busy highway in the Houston area, reports KTRK.