First Bloodmeal of Ctenocephalides felis felis(Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) on Cats: Time to Initiation and Duration of Feeding
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Three experiments were conducted on cats to evaluate precocity and duration of the first blood meal of Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouché). Percentage of engorged fleas was calculated for fleas held on cats for 5, 15, 30, and 60 min. Duration of first blood meal was also measured for individual fleas confined on cats. When fleas are free in the hair coat, 24.9% are engorged after 5 min and 97.2% are engorged after 1 h. Fleas confined to a vial on the cats fed significantly sooner; 60% of females were engorged within 5 min. The mean delay between deposition and biting for fleas, which began feeding within 15 min, was 24 s +/- 31 s for females and 23 s +/- 44 s for males. The mean duration of meals was 25 +/- 18 min for females and 11 +/- 8 min for males.
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Rapid and voracious blood sucking by adult fleas may impair prevention of flea biting and feeding by residual insecticides.
“This is even more important if one considers that rapid and voracious blood sucking by adult fleas (e.g. 25–60% of fleas are blood fed within 5 min and partially digested blood can be defecated in as little as 2–6 minutes after fleas infest a host) may indeed impair prevention of flea biting and feeding by residual insecticides [101,184,185].”
From Fleas infesting pets in the era of emerging extra-intestinal nematodes (2013) · cites this paper as [184]
25-60% of fleas are blood fed within 5 min and partially digested blood can be defecated in as little as 2-6 minutes after fleas infest a host.
“This is even more important if one considers that rapid and voracious blood sucking by adult fleas (e.g. 25–60% of fleas are blood fed within 5 min and partially digested blood can be defecated in as little as 2–6 minutes after fleas infest a host) may indeed impair prevention of flea biting and feeding by residual insecticides [101,184,185].”
From Fleas infesting pets in the era of emerging extra-intestinal nematodes (2013) · cites this paper as [184]
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- Authors
- Cadiergues, M.-C., Hourcq, P., Cantaloube, B., & Franc, M.
- Affiliations
- École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (FR)
- Venue
- Journal of Medical Entomology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2000-07-01
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 634-636
- ISSN
- 0022-2585 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-2928
- OpenAlex
- W2178448382
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Medical Entomology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BioOne Complete (BioOne) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Dermatological diseases and infestations
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Keywords
- Ctenocephalides felis felis, Ctenocephalides felis, feeding duration, engorgement, sex differences in feeding
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cats, Feeding Behavior, Female, Siphonaptera, Male, Time Factors
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