Severe infestation of a she-ass with the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouche, 1835).
A 6-year-old she-ass was found to be severely infested with the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis felis. The animal was severely anaemic and after 2 days of recumbency, it succumbed to the flea infestation. The acrimonious anaemia was characterised as normocytic, hypochromic.
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Gedera and the Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel. chk1357@netvision.net.il
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D000740:Anemia / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D004478:Ectoparasitic Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018397:Equidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000254:growth & development*