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| + | *Commonly called the 'poultry flea' |
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| − | Also known as: '''''European chicken flea'''''
| + | *Bites humans and other animals |
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| + | *Pronotal combs only |
| − | |name = ''Ceratophyllus gallinae
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| − | |class = ''[[Insecta]]
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| − | |order = ''Siphonaptera
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| − | |family = ''Ceratophyllidae
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| − | ==Hosts==
| + | [[Category:Poultry]] |
| − | Poultry, dogs, cats and humans.
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| − | ==Identification==
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| − | ''C. gallinae'' are around 2mm, and of the family ''Ceratophyllidae''. They have pronotal combs, but no genal combs. See [[Flea Structure|general flea structure]].
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| − | ==Life Cycle==
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| − | This flea spends most of its time amongst the material comprising the host's nest, and spend short periods of time on the host, only whilst feeding.
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| − | The larvae feed on detritus, which is found on the host nest. The larvae take several weeks to develop, going through 3 transformations. They then enter the pupae stage, developing in a silk cocoon.
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| − | The emergence from pupae is mainly triggered by rising temperatures.
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| − | See [[Flea Life Cycle|general flea life cycle]].
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| − | |flashcards = [[Fleas_Flashcards|Flea Flashcards]]
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| − | |literature search =[http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?rowId=1&options1=AND&q1=%22Ceratophyllus+gallinae%22&occuring1=title&rowId=2&options2=AND&q2=&occuring2=freetext&rowId=3&options3=AND&q3=&occuring3=freetext&publishedstart=yyyy&publishedend=yyyy&calendarInput=yyyy-mm-dd&la=any&it=any&show=all&x=25&y=9 ''Ceratophyllus gallinae'' publications]
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| − | |Vetstream = [https://www.vetstream.com/canis/search?s=flea Fleas]
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| − | ==References==
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| − | Taylor, M.A, Coop, R.L., Wall,R.L. (2007) '''Veterinary Parasitology''' ''Blackwell Publishing''
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