Hinkle N C, Koehler P G, Patterson R S
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA.
J Med Entomol. 1998 May;35(3):266-9. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.266.
Grooming efficiency was studied by infesting domestic short-hair cats, Felis catus L., with known numbers of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis felis Bouché, then collecting the cat feces and extracting the fleas to determine how many had been groomed off, varying the infestation level. Some hosts were found to be significantly more efficient at grooming fleas than others, with the best groomer removing 17.6% of its flea burden daily, compared with only 4.1% removed by the poorest groomer. Cats were more efficient at grooming fleas at infestations of < 50 fleas and > 150 fleas. Mean on-host flea longevity was 7.8 d.
通过用已知数量的猫栉首蚤（Ctenocephalides felis felis Bouché）感染家养短毛猫（Felis catus L.），然后收集猫粪便并提取跳蚤，以确定有多少跳蚤被梳理掉，同时改变感染水平，从而研究梳理效率。结果发现，一些宿主梳理跳蚤的效率明显高于其他宿主，最佳梳理者每天能去除其跳蚤负担的17.6%，而最差梳理者仅去除4.1%。猫在感染少于50只跳蚤和多于150只跳蚤时梳理跳蚤的效率更高。宿主体上跳蚤的平均寿命为7.8天。
