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Pest Management Priducts Division of CSPA
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Powders - Powders applied to the pet are the dry equivalent to dips in that the powder is left on the animal. They also are easier to apply than dips.
Systemics - A successful innovation in flea control has been an orally or dermally administered insect growth regulator in pill form for dogs and liquid or gel for cats. Available only from veterinarians, the IGR is administered once a month, preventing eggs from hatching and breaking the life cycle. Since a systemic has no effect on other life stages, including adults, control is not immediate. A conventional adulticide treatment is needed before the IGR can control an infestation.
Miscellaneous - Traps with small lights aim at luring fleas to adhesive coated sheets to which they are to become stuck. The impact of these types of traps on flea infestations is unknown.
Public Health Control - Control of fleas that may carry plague or other diseases is the responsibility of state and federal public health authorities, which routinely conduct surveys for plague, recording the incidence of plague antibodies in wild and domestic hosts. When surveys have indicated the need, dusting the burrows of rodent hosts with suitable insecticide dusts has controlled potential plague-carrying fleas. The rodents themselves may be controlled by rodenticides.
People in western states should avoid contact with wild rodents because of the possibility of contracting plague. Backpackers and campers should be particularly careful. Use of an aerosol insecticide is a wise precaution against rodent fleas. Wood piles and similar cover for the rodents near dwellings should be removed.
