跳蚤和蜱虫感染的生物学、治疗与控制

Biology, treatment, and control of flea and tick infestations.

作者信息

Blagburn Byron L, Dryden Michael W

机构信息

Department of Pathobiology, 166 Greene Hall, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn AL 36849-5519, USA.

出版信息

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2009 Nov;39(6):1173-200, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2009.07.001.

DOI:10.1016/j.cvsm.2009.07.001

PMID:19932369

Abstract

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.

摘要

跳蚤和蜱虫的侵扰很常见，而消灭它们既昂贵又耗时。跳蚤控制方面的许多进展都与对跳蚤宿主关联、繁殖及在场所内生存的复杂细节有了更深入的了解直接相关。了解蜱虫生物学和生态学远比了解跳蚤困难得多，因为在北美，侵扰猫和狗的蜱虫种类多达9种，而跳蚤主要只有1种。由于蜱虫生命周期中有大量潜在的替代宿主，因此实现有效的蜱虫控制比有效的跳蚤控制更难。目前有许多有效的针对宿主的蜱虫控制剂，其中一些对成年或未成熟跳蚤及其他寄生虫也有活性。