jigger flea
insect
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fleas
infestation treatment
- In mamey apple
…used locally for destroying skin-infesting chigoe fleas, and the bitter resinous seeds are used as an antiworming agent.
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species of Siphonaptera
- In flea: Importance
…jigger, or chigoe, flea (Tunga penetrans). Poultry may be parasitized by the European chicken flea (Ceratophyllus gallinae) and, in the United States, by the western chicken flea (Ceratophyllus niger).
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