<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Salant, H</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baneth, Gad</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ectoparasites in urban stray cats in Jerusalem, Israel: differences in infestation patterns of fleas, ticks and permanent ectoparasites.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medical and Veterinary Entomology</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Med. Vet. Entomol.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cats</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ectoparasites</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jerusalem</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prevalence</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">28</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">314 - 318</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;In a period cross-sectional study performed to examine ectoparasites on 340 stray cats in Jerusalem, Israel, 186 (54.7%) were infested with the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae), 49 (14.4%) with the cat louse, Felicola subrostratus (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae), 41 (12.0%) with the ear mite, Otodectes cynotis (Astigmata: Psoroptidae), three (0.9%) with the fur mite, Cheyletiella blakei (Trobidiformes: Cheyletidae), two (0.6%) with the itch mite Notoedres cati (Astigmata: Sarcoptidae), and 25 (7.3%) with ticks of the species Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (Ixodida: Ixodidae), Rhipicephalus turanicus or Haemaphysalis adleri (Ixodida: Ixodidae). A higher number of flea infestations was observed in apparently sick cats (P &amp;lt; 0.05) and in cats aged &amp;lt; 6 months (P &amp;lt; 0.05). The proportion of flea-infested cats (P &amp;lt; 0.01), as well as the number of fleas per infested cat (P &amp;lt; 0.01), was higher in autumn than in other seasons. By contrast with findings in cats with flea infestations, rates of infestation with ticks were higher amongst cats with clinical signs (P &amp;lt; 0.01) and cats aged &amp;ge; 6 months (P &amp;lt; 0.05). The high rates of ectoparasite infestation in the cats studied constitute a risk for the spread of vector-borne infections of zoonotic and veterinary importance.&lt;/p&gt;
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