Our dogs and cats are spreading fleas around the world (and to us)
- Written by Nicholas Clark, Postdoctoral Fellow in Disease Ecology, The University of Queensland
Dogs and cats spread their fleas to many other species. Shutterstock
Pet owners spend billions of dollars every year to prevent (or destroy) fleas on their fuzzy loved ones, but new research shows that cats and dogs spread their parasites to wild animals around the world.
Despite their names, cat and dog fleas (Ctenocephalides felis and C. canis,...
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