An investigation on the influence of feline flea allergy on the fecundity of the cat flea

Autor:	Beth J. Mcdonald, C. S. Foil, Lane D. Foil
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Allergy Veterinary medicine Flea Flea allergy dermatitis CATS General Veterinary animal diseases Cat flea Significant difference Biology bacterial infections and mycoses Fecundity medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Free roaming medicine
Zdroj:	Veterinary dermatologyReferences. 9(2)
ISSN:	1365-3164
Popis:	Survival, egg production and egg viability of fleas allowed to feed on eight flea-allergic and six flea-naive cats were compared. Fifty fleas, in feeding cages or free roaming, were allowed to feed on the cats. Flea-allergic cats removed significantly more free-roaming fleas than did flea-naive cats. Female fleas produced fewer eggs on flea-allergic cats than on flea-naive cats regardless of feeding method. There was no significant difference in egg viability between the two groups. The data suggest that flea-allergic cats efficiently removed fleas by grooming and that they also produce unknown factor(s) that affect the fecundity of fleas.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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