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Flea and Tick Control: Your Decision

Donna Solomon, DVM | Posted 05.06.2013 | Chicago
Read More: Cats, Pets, Pet Health, Insecticide, Pet Care, Ticks, Veterinarian, Animals, Flea and Tick Control, Dogs, Fleas, Control, Chicago News
Donna Solomon, DVM

Do not fall victim to a boastful flea and tick advertising campaign by the manufacturer. Choose the best product for your pet based on your concerns and the advice of your veterinarian.

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House Cats: Let's Take a Walk on the Flea Larvae Side

Thom Nickels | Posted 05.06.2013 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Cats, Pets, Flea Larvae, Pet Health, Fleas, HuffPost Home News
Thom Nickels

The problems associated with owning a pet could fill volumes. As a relatively new cat owner, I did not expect my life (and my house) to be turned upside down with the invasion of flea eggs and flea larvae.

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Prehistoric, Dinosaur-Biting Fleas Were HOW Big?

Posted 05.03.2012 | Science
Read More: Giant Fleas, Oregon State University, Video, Pseudopulex Magnus, Parasites, Biology, Pseudopulex Jurassicus, Science, Dinosaurs, Science News, Fossils, Pseudopulex, Fleas, Science News

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 05/03/2012 08:22 AM EDT on LiveScience Paleo-pests about 10 times bigger than today's fl...

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PHOTOS: Dinosaurs Tormented By Colossal Fleas, Fossil Study Shows

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 04.30.2012 | Science
Read More: Photos, Ancient Fleas, Giant Fleas, Prehistoric Fleas, Dinosaur Photos, Megafauna, Prehistoric Animals, Dinosaur Fleas, Dinosaurs, Flea Fossils, Fossils, Ap, Fleas, Video, Science News

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the Jurassic era, even the flea was a beast, compared to its minuscule modern descendants. These pesky bloodsuckers were nearly...

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Oregon Cat Recovering From Bubonic Plague

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Cats, Cdc, Black Death, Disease, Bubonic Plague, Fleas, Oregon, Weird News News

An Oregon cat is recovering from the bubonic plague, central Oregon's KOHD reports. Emilio DeBess, D.V.M., M.P.V.M., an Oregon Public Health Divi...

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A Leap In Understanding Toxins

scientificamerican.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Flea Genome, Indicator Species, Environment, Science, Environmental Toxins, Animals, Water Flea, Water Toxins, Flea Genes, Daphnia Pulex, Fleas, Green News

Analysis of [a water flea's] genome shows that this Lilliputian crustacean contains the most genes of any animal sequenced to date. It also has the po...

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Black Plague In L.A.? Squirrel Tests Positive At

KTLA | KTLA News | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Black Plague, Los Alamos Campground, Los Angeles County, Angeles National Forest, Campground, Los Angeles, Plague, Rodents, Fleas, Home News

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Alamos Campground in the Angeles National Forest has been shut down after a squirrel captured there tested positive for plague....

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