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ATKRC0 - Licenced Description Ailment Aliment Alimentary Anatomical Anatomy Animal Life Stage Animal Life Process Animal Arthropod Arthropoda Attach Attack Biological Biology Blood Bug Canis Canidae Canis Familiaris Canid Cat Flea Carnivora Cause Chrysalis Cocoon Concept Connective Tissue Disease Disorder Dog Echidnophaga gallinacea Ecology Egg Embryology Endopterygota Environment Environmental Eukaryotae Eukaryote Eutheria Female Firm Fissipedia Flea Food Hatch Health Histologic Histological Histology Host Human Illness Infection Insect Insect Stage Invertebrate Invertebrate Stage Larva Larvae Larval Lay Life Life Cycle Lie Life Process Life Science Life Span Mammal Mammalia Mammalian Meat Medical Medicine Megagametophyte Microbiology Neoptera Nutrition Nutritional Organism Ova Ovulate Ovulation Ovulatory Ovum Pathogen Pathogenic Parasite Parasitic Parasitology Physiological Physiology Placental Mammal Poultry Pterygota Pupa Pupate Remain Secondary Similar Siphonaptera Sore Stay Sticktight Suck Sucking Symptom Theria Tissue Transmit Transmission Ulcer Ulceration Ulcerative Vertebrate SEM of a sticktight flea Echidnophaga gallinacea mag 16x at 24 x 36 mm This flea attaches firmly to its host often causing ulcers The female flea remains attached for life sucking blood and laying eggs in the ulcers This flea attacks cats dogs poultry and humans It does not transmit diseases but attachment can cause secondary infections