Did You Know ??
The female flea can lay 2,000 eggs in her lifetime.
A flea can live more than 100 days without a blood
meal.
The female flea consumes 15 times her own
body weight in blood daily.
What should you know about Fleas ??
# Fleas have four life stages: egg, larva, pupa, biting adult.
# Fleas feed on the blood of their host
-- humans, birds, reptiles, and wild and domestic animals.
# A flea can jump up to 8 inches high, or approximately 150 times its own height.
# That's like if you could leap over tall buildings in a single bound.
# Some pets may develop an allergy to flea saliva, which causes severe irritation and itchiness.
# Fleas prefer to live on dogs and cats, but may also be found on humans an other available animals, especially if there is no easy excess to the dogs or cats.
Causes
- Fleas breed close to the resting and sleeping places of the host, in dust, dirt, rubbish, cracks in floors or walls, carpets, animal burrows and birds’ nests.
- High humidity is required for development. The larvae feed on organic matter such as the feces of the host, small dead insects and undigested blood expelled by adult fleas.
- The adults go out in the night and feed of the blood of humans or animals.
Pathogen carried by Fleas
** The most severe infection spread by fleas is plague, caused by Yersinia pestis.
** Fleas are also known as vectors of murine typhus (endemic typhus, Rickettsia typhi), and play a role in the transmission of rural epidemic typhus (Rickettsia prowazekii)
Symptoms
- Their bites can cause irritation, serious discomfort and loss of blood.
Prevention and Control
Flea control on your pet
- Flea shampoos
- Flea dips
- Flea collars
- Flea powders and sprays
- Spot-on treatments
Flea control for your house and yard
- Daily vacuuming - this is very important for overall flea eradication.
- Wash all bedding, clothing, and removable furniture covers regularly (weekly).
- Apply insecticide to home and yard.
Lice
Did You Know ??
Lice are smaller than sesame seeds, have 6 legs and can move very quickly.
Lice only live where they are warm and are usually found where there is a lot of hair,
Lice need human blood to live and multiply, and they look reddish brown after feeding.
What should you know about LICE ??
- Head lice are small insects that live in people’s hair and feed on their blood.
- Lice glue their eggs which are called “nits”to the hair near the scalp, so they can’t get brushed off. The nits are small, whitish and oval, and may look like dandruff.
- In very light hair, they may look cream or tan-coloured.
- Lice are very common, and anyone can get them, though they most commonly affect children.
- Lice don’t spread disease, and having head lice is not a sign of uncleanliness or poor hygiene.
- If someone has head lice, their scalp will be very itchy.
Causes
- Spreads through close personal contact, especially head to head contact and by sharing personal belongings, such as caps, hats and scarves, brushes and combs, hair decorations, such as barrettes, and headphones.
- It may even rarely spread through home furnishings, such as towels, clothing, blankets, pillows, upholstered furniture.
- Rickettsia species.
- The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme Disease, is transmitted by ticks and members of the bacterial genus Rickettsia are transmitted by lice.
Symptoms
- Head lice are a very common problem, affecting millions of people each year, especially preschool and elementary school-aged children and their close contacts.
Prevention and Control
- Lice have trouble living in very short hair. Tie long hair back in a braid or pony tail. This makes it harder for lice to crawl from one person to another.
- Do not share things like pillows, towels, coats, caps, hats, or hair accessories.
- Keep children in separate beds on sleepovers. Change the sheets when a different person will be using them.
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