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Ctenocephalides felis

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Synonyms	C. felis felis, cat flea

Common cause of pruritus and skin disease in rabbits.
Heavy infestation may lead to anemia and death in young animals.
Zoonosis - will bite man as an alternative host, particularly if the rabbit has been in the house, or in the late summer when flea numbers are at their highest.
Intermediate host to Dipylidium caninum and Dipetalonema reconditum .
Possible role in zoonoses and infectious disease from rabbit to rabbit, eg transmission of murine typhus ( Rickettsia mooseri ) and bubonic plague; but no longer implicated in transmission of Bartonella henselelae .

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