Survey of flea infestation in dogs and cats in the United Kingdom during 2005
Open accessAbstract
During 2005, 31 uk veterinary practices participated in a survey of flea infestation, during which 2653 dogs and 1508 cats were examined for evidence of flea infestation and skin disease compatible with flea allergy dermatitis ( fad ). The prevalence of flea infestation in the cats was 21·09 per cent, significantly (P<0·001) higher than in the dogs (6·82 per cent). The prevalence of skin lesions compatible with fad in the cats (8·02 per cent) was also significantly (P<0·001) higher than in the dogs (3·32 per cent). Flea infestations were more common in households with cats and with more than one pet. Of 467 fleas identified from the cats, 462 (98·93 per cent) were Ctenocephalides felis , one was Ctenocephalides canis , one was Archaeopsylla erinacei , two were Pulex irritans , and one was Spilopsyllus cuniculi . Of 336 fleas identified from the dogs, 313 (93·15 per cent) were C felis , five were C Canis , 12 were A erinacei , five were P irritans , and one was Ceratophyllus (Nosophyllus) fasciatus . Almost half of the owners of the dogs and cats were unaware of their pet's flea infestation. The overall prevalence of fleas and/or skin lesions that could potentially be compatible with fad was 7·46 per cent in the dogs and 22·28 per cent in the cats.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
Canine and feline pulicosis is characterized by high infection rates everywhere.
“Canine and feline pulicosis is characterized by high infection rates everywhere [7,9,11-14], thus treatment and prevention are a priority in veterinary medicine.”
From Fleas infesting pets in the era of emerging extra-intestinal nematodes (2013) · cites this paper as [12]
Cites
Pathogen carriage by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché) in the United Kingdom
Shaw, S. E., Kenny, M. J., Tasker, S., & Birtles, R. J. (2004) · Veterinary Microbiology · doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.06.013 · Cited by 154 · see citing works
Species of Flea (Siphonaptera) Infesting Pets and Hedgehogs in Germany
Visser, M., Rehbein, S., & Wiedemann, C. R. W. (2001) · Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B · doi:10.1046/j.1439-0450.2001.00445.x · Cited by 75 · see citing works
Flea species from dogs and cats in northern Greece: environmental and clinical implications
Koutinas, A. F., Papazahariadou, M. G., Rallis, T. S., Tzivara, N. H., & Himonas, C. (1995) · Veterinary Parasitology · doi:10.1016/0304-4017(94)00706-i · Cited by 71 · see citing works
Ectoparasitic species from Canis familiaris (Linné) in Buenos Aires province, Argentina
González, A., Castro, D., & González, S. E. (2004) · Veterinary Parasitology · doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.12.001 · Cited by 69 · see citing works
Ectoparasite infestations of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Hungary
Sréter, T., Széll, Z., & Varga, I. (2003) · Veterinary Parasitology · doi:10.1016/s0304-4017(03)00216-4 · Cited by 59 · see citing works
Guzmán, R. (1984) · New Zealand Veterinary Journal · doi:10.1080/00480169.1984.35067 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
Chesney, C. (1995) · Veterinary Record · doi:10.1136/vr.136.14.356 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
Krämer, F., & Mencke, N. (2001) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 39 · see citing works
Prevalence of fleas on dogs and cats in an area of central London
Beresford-Jones, W. P. (1981) · Journal of Small Animal Practice · doi:10.1111/j.1748-5827.1981.tb01388.x · Cited by 36 · see citing works
The prevalence of flea species on cats and dogs in Ireland
Wall, R. L., SHAW, S. E., & Penaliggon, J. (1997) · Medical and Veterinary Entomology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00430.x · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Clark, F. (1999) · Medical and Veterinary Entomology · doi:10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00154.x · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Emerging arthropod borne diseases of companion animals in Europe
Beugnet, F., & Marié, J.-L. (2009) · Veterinary Parasitology · doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.028 · Cited by 337 · see citing works
Self-citationFleas as parasites of the family Canidae
Dobler, G., & Pfeffer, M. (2011) · Parasites & Vectors · doi:10.1186/1756-3305-4-139 · Cited by 116 · see citing works
Prevalence of flea infestation in dogs and cats in Hungary combined with a survey of owner awareness
FARKAS, R., GYURKOVSZKY, M., SOLYMOSI, N., & BEUGNET, F. (2009) · Medical and Veterinary Entomology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00798.x · Cited by 99 · see citing works
Self-citationFleas infesting pets in the era of emerging extra-intestinal nematodes
Traversa, D. (2013) · Parasites & Vectors · doi:10.1186/1756-3305-6-59 · Cited by 53 · see citing works
Beugnet, F., Chalvet-Monfray, K., & Loukos, H. (2009) · Geospatial health · doi:10.4081/gh.2009.213 · Cited by 42 · see citing works
Self-citation
- Authors
- Bond, R., Riddle, A., Mottram, L., Beugnet, F., & Stevenson, R.
- Affiliations
- Royal Veterinary College (GB)
- Merial SAS 13c Avenue Einstein 69623 Villeurbanne France
- Market Harborough Hospital (GB)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Veterinary Record
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-04
- Volume
- 160
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 503-506
- ISSN
- 0042-4900 (ISSN-L)
- 2042-7670
- OpenAlex
- W1964967979
- Cited by
- 108
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Veterinary Record (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RVC Research Online (Royal Veterinary College) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Keywords
- flea infestation, flea allergy dermatitis, dogs, cats, prevalence, Ctenocephalides felis, Ctenocephalides canis, Pulex irritans, Spilopsyllus cuniculi, owner awareness, United Kingdom
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Animal Husbandry, Cat Diseases, Cats, Dermatitis, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Ectoparasitic Infestations, Siphonaptera, United Kingdom, Prevalence
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
