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How To Kill Fleas

Saturday, July 08, 2006

Fleas And Desease

More people have died from a bacterium spred from fleas than than wars.


FLEAS AND DISEASEFleas often probe the skin before taking a blood meal. After 30 minutes, lines or clusters of itchy red marks appear. On sensitive persons, bites develop into raised bumps within 24 hours after being bitten.Fleas have been associated with humans and other animals for thousands of years. A bacterium (Yersinia pestis) spread by fleas killed 25 million people, more than a quarter of the European population, in 14 th century Europe. This was the “black plague.” Epidemics also occurred in Egypt, Africa, China, India and even the U.S., before the discovery of antibiotics. All told, perhaps 200 million people have died of plague – more than have died in all the wars in history.

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Some more information on Fleas

The more Information you have the more likely you will know how and what to do on the elimination of fleas



IdentificationAdult fleas are about 1/16 to 1/8-inch long, dark reddish-brown, wingless, hard-bodied (difficult to crush between fingers), have three pairs of legs (hind legs enlarged enabling jumping) and are flattened vertically or side to side (bluegill or sunfish-like) allowing easy movement between the hair, fur or feathers of the host. Fleas are excellent jumpers, leaping vertically up to seven inches and horizontally thirteen inches. (An equivalent hop for a human would be 250 feet vertically and 450 feet horizontally.) They have piercing-sucking mouthparts and spines on the body projecting backward. Also, there is a row of spines on the face known as a genal comb. Spine I (first outer spine) is shorter than Spine II (next inner spine) in dog fleas. Both spines are about the same length in the cat flea. The rabbit flea has a vertical genal comb with blunt spines. The genal comb is absent in both rat fleas. Eggs are smooth, oval and white. Larvae are 1/4-inch long, slender, straw-colored, brown headed, wormlike, bristly-haired creatures (13 body segments), that are legless, have chewing mouthparts, are active, and avoid light. Pupae are enclosed in silken cocoons covered with particles of debris.

Fleas, HYG-2081-97

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Some Helpful Hints about fleas

Dealing With Fleas and Ticks - Creswell Chronicle

If you own a pet, and even if not, at one point you will most likely have to deal with Flea.

Her are some helpful hints

Dealing With Fleas and Ticks
Creswell Chronicle,  USA - Jun 14, 2006
By Elyse Grau. Fleas and ticks are not only annoying, but can cause illness in dogs and cats. Tapeworms develop inside adult fleas. ...

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