Biology, Treatment, and Control of Flea and Tick Infestations

Blagburn, Byron L.; Dryden, Michael W.

doi:10.1016/j.cvsm.2009.07.001

Cited by 189Vector-borne infectious diseasesDermatological diseases and infestationsYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

Biology, Treatment, and Control of Flea and Tick Infestations

Blagburn, Byron L., Dryden, Michael W.·2009·Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

DOI 10.1016/j.cvsm.2009.07.001

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Flea and tick infestations are common and elimination can be expensive and time consuming. Many advances in control of fleas can be directly linked to improved knowledge of the intricacies of flea host associations, reproduction, and survival in the premises. Understanding tick biology and ecology is far more difficult than with fleas, because North America can have up to 9 different tick species infesting cats and dogs compared to 1 primary flea species. Effective tick control is more difficult to achieve than effective flea control, because of the abundance of potential alternative hosts in the tick life cycle. Many effective host-targeted tick control agents exist, several of which also possess activity against adult or immature fleas and other parasites.

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Authors: Blagburn, B. L., & Dryden, M. W.
Affiliations: Auburn University (US)
Kansas State University (US)
Corresponding author: Blagburn, Byron L.
Venue: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2009-11
Volume: 39
Issue: 6
Pages: 1173-1200
ISSN: 0195-5616 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2009.07.001
OpenAlex: W2089738259
Cited by: 189
References: 103
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 8
FWCI: 4.81
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Vector-borne infectious diseases
Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Dermatological diseases and infestations
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
Keywords: flea infestation, tick infestation, flea control, tick control, flea biology, tick biology, tick life cycle, alternative hosts, cats, dogs
MeSH terms: Animals, Cat Diseases, Cats, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Ectoparasitic Infestations, Female, Siphonaptera, Insecticides, Male, North America, Tick Control, Ticks

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