Sentences with word «lice»

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, children between the ages of 3 and 11 years account for six to 12 million cases of head lice infestations annually.

FRONTLINE Plus kills chewing lice for at least one month.

Overall, pyrethrin treatments are highly effective at eliminating all traces of lice from your pet's skin and coat.

Containment tanks prevent escapes and problems with sea lice infestation that have plagued open - net ocean pen operations.

Most health departments do not require reporting of head lice infestation.

Lindane, the oldest neurotoxin used for lice treatment and the active ingredient in Kwell, has been banned in 52 countries and restricted in 33 others for causing serious side effects, including seizures, stiff neck, lethargy, and slurred speech.

Nothing brings a family together like hours spent picking head lice from each other's heads.

This product also treats chewing lice on dogs.

Elanco's novel in - feed treatment has been approved for the prevention and control of sea lice in salmon and trout in Chile.

These tropical fish are one of many species of cleaner fish that remove parasites such as lice from much larger fish.

Seresto kills lice on dogs for one month, and aids in the treatment and control of sarcoptic mange.

Reduce your child's chances of getting lice by warning him or her not to share combs, brushes, scarves or hats.

Body lice live on the abdomens of the birds, where they feast on downy, insulating feathers.

The blood - sucking lice do just that — such blood.

Treating kids for head lice does not rank on the fun meter at all.

New research shows the ingredients found in the most common head lice treatment shampoos have been linked to behavioral difficulties in young children.

You could also get pubic lice from infested bedding, and they don't make condoms that fit over entire mattresses.

A once monthly application is recommended where chewing lice control is needed.

This is because fleas can't grasp to the shafts of hair, the way human lice do, so if you give your dog a good bath — just with water, or with a doggy shampoo, if you want — most of her fleas should fall right off and drown.

«Cattle producers and their herds experience more lice problems during the wintertime, by far,» said Jon Seeger, DVM, managing veterinarian with Zoetis.

Our girls are also the most tender - headed children I've ever met, so nit - picking was going to be a difficult or impossible option for us, though it has been found to be effective at removing lice when used consistently.

Fleas are not like lice and their eggs are not sticky.

It is used in lice shampoos for children, flea dips for dogs, and various other products, some of which are regulated by the FDA.

Chewing lice live on the dead skin of your pets.

«Sea lice used to be a problem a decade or so ago, then parasite management changed and it seemed like the problem had been effectively managed for several years.

The researchers have developed a special plasma lice comb for this application.

It was a miracle then, but now we know that the illness was spread by lice and fleas and lavender is such a great insect repellent that it kept people healthy by keeping insects away from them.

Researchers hypothesized that maybe wing lice more regularly swap host species because they are more adept hitchhikers.

Inexpensive, permethrin - based topicals can be used to control biting lice in affected geographies at peak times.

Once applied, it can kill flea and ticks as well as chewing lice within 12 hours.

It takes just two to tango and produce more lice,» said Dr. Chow.

For more information about lice control and DECTOMAX Pour On, please visit with your veterinarian or Zoetis representative.

When lice are present, they usually are found in dirty areas under matted hair around the dog's head, ears, neck, shoulders and genitalia.

The species living in the forests of our bodies include lice, worms, bacteria, viruses, and amoebas.

Scientists have long held the notion that human fleas and lice spread the Black Death.

Lice eggs typically hatch within seven to ten days.

I started by spraying and saturating all of the children's hair with the saline lice spray and letting it dry.

Lice find it difficult, not impossible, to live on hair that is unwashed and oily because the eggs do not attach to the hair strands as easily as clean hair.

Prior to founding Hair Whisperers, a leading head lice removal company based in Los Angeles, Amy Goldreyer was on staff for Conan O'Brien.

-LSB-...] products do not containing numbing agents in order to be tear - free, and they includes rosemary to repel lice and insects!

Regular cage cleanings are another way to help prevent lice infestations or at least cut down on the severity of them.

«Getting sea lice at such an early age affects young salmons» health and their ability to fend off predators,» says Peacock.

You may become suspicious that your pet has lice because of periods of excessive scratching or biting at the skin.

Before internal combustion engines were invented in the mid-1800s, gasoline was sold in small bottles as a treatment against lice and their eggs.

New lice species would have arisen precisely when the right - whale populations diverged.

Adult lice look more like specks of dirt than insects.

If your kids have a super lice problem then you should relax and make your mind peaceful.

These days our service is needed more and more as lice become more resistant to pesticides AND we work to remove the health risk of pesticides from our children.