Sentences with phrase «flea population by»

This has reduced the flea population by about 75 percent.

For total control it is probably advisable to initiate a programme using both types of product, particularly if you have a dog which is hypersensitive to flea bites, i.e. an integrated control strategy should be adopted — just killing the adult flea population by treating the dog will not resolve the problem.

Sentinel has no effect on adult fleas, but controls flea populations by breaking the flea life cycle at the egg stage.

Lufenuron controls flea populations by preventing the development of flea eggs and does not kill adult fleas.

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The tanks were divided horizontally by a false bottom with holes big enough to let a population of water fleas swim freely — but too small to let fish leave the bottom part of the tanks.

The reality is that adult fleas make up only five percent of the total population of fleas in the environment at any one time, so by the time adults are seen, it's too late to prevent a potential infestation.

Reviewed by the California EPA, it was determined to have insignificant human exposure risk associated with application.Effective: University tests show one remarkable result is the long term effectiveness The Ecology Works DustMite and Flea Control has on lowering the dust mite populations.

While you can't kill off the fleas that your pet is going to encounter when it goes outside, you can keep the population down in the area around your house by using nematodes.

This includes the 85 % of the flea population that are immature fleas, which are effectively controlled by a product like lufenuron (Program Flavor Tabs) and the 5 % of the flea population that are adult fleas, which are effectively treated by an adulticide, like nitenpyram (Capstar).

Sentinel can halt the development of flea eggs and larvae that are not affected by adulticides while the latter products can help eliminate and remove the adult flea population from your dog.

By preventing fleas from reproducing, a population of animals could be made flea - free, or at least have greatly reduced flea numbers.

Feral cats also bring pests like fleas and ticks, and they can start to affect the environment by preying on natural bird and rodent populations.

All products were applied according to label directions by study investigators on day 0 and again between days 28 and 30.1 Flea populations on pets were assessed using visual area counts and premise flea infestations were assessed using intermittent - light flea traps on days 0, 7, 14, 21, 28 — 30, 40 — 45, and 54 — Flea populations on pets were assessed using visual area counts and premise flea infestations were assessed using intermittent - light flea traps on days 0, 7, 14, 21, 28 — 30, 40 — 45, and 54 — flea infestations were assessed using intermittent - light flea traps on days 0, 7, 14, 21, 28 — 30, 40 — 45, and 54 — flea traps on days 0, 7, 14, 21, 28 — 30, 40 — 45, and 54 — 60.1

By vacuuming every few days when you have flea problems, you can help to dramatically reduce the flea population and keep your pet's clear.