ISBN: 9798192720394 - fleas: what you don't know is hurting you (4 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - You find a flea on the dog.You kill it.Problem solved.Except the flea you saw may be the smallest part of the problem.Fleas are more than irritating little insects with remarkable jumping skills. They can turn pets into transportation systems, establish hidden life cycles throughout a home, trigger severe allergic reactions, participate in tapeworm transmission, and carry organisms capable of causing serious disease.And here is the particularly unpleasant surprise: Sometimes it is not the flea bite that infects you. It is what the flea leaves behind.In FLEAS: What You Don't Know Is Hurting You, you will discover how flea-borne typhus can spread through contaminated flea dirt, why people often never remember being bitten, why plague still exists without requiring medieval panic, and how dogs, cats, rodents, wildlife, children, and the home environment can become connected through one very small insect.Written in plain English with humor, practical checklists, myth-versus-fact sections, and clear distinctions between established medicine and speculation, this book explains: - How flea infestations really develop - Why treating the pet alone may not solve the problem - How flea-borne typhus is transmitted and recognized - What fever after flea exposure may mean - Why early testing can sometimes be misleading - What modern medicine can do - The real present-day risk of plague - How fleas transmit tapeworms to pets and occasionally people - Why flea dirt matters - How to control fleas without unnecessarily exposing your family or pets to pesticides - How rodents and wildlife fit into the equation - Which symptoms can be watched and which require medical attention - How to make your home and property much less welcoming to fleasThis is not a book designed to make you afraid of your dog, your carpet, or every itch on your ankle.It is designed to make you harder to surprise.Because once you understand the chain between animal, flea, environment, and human, you can start breaking it.And sometimes one small piece of information, mentioned to the right veterinarian, doctor, parent, or neighbor at the right time, can make a very large difference.Part of the What You Don't Know Is Hurting You series.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. You find a flea on the dog.You kill it.Problem solved.Except the flea you saw may be the smallest part of the problem.Fleas are more than irritating little insects with remarkable jumping skills. They can turn pets into transportation systems, establish hidden life cycles throughout a home, trigger severe allergic reactions, participate in tapeworm transmission, and carry organisms capable of causing serious disease.And here is the particularly unpleasant surprise: Sometimes it is not the flea bite that infects you. It is what the flea leaves behind.In FLEAS: What You Don't Know Is Hurting You, you will discover how flea-borne typhus can spread through contaminated flea dirt, why people often never remember being bitten, why plague still exists without requiring medieval panic, and how dogs, cats, rodents, wildlife, children, and the home environment can become connected through one very small insect.Written in plain English with humor, practical checklists, myth-versus-fact sections, and clear distinctions between established medicine and speculation, this book explains: - How flea infestations really develop - Why treating the pet alone may not solve the problem - How flea-borne typhus is transmitted and recognized - What fever after flea exposure may mean - Why early testing can sometimes be misleading - What modern medicine can do - The real present-day risk of plague - How fleas transmit tapeworms to pets and occasionally people - Why flea dirt matters - How to control fleas without unnecessarily exposing your family or pets to pesticides - How rodents and wildlife fit into the equation - Which symptoms can be watched and which require medical attention - How to make your home and property much less welcoming to fleasThis is not a book designed to make you afraid of your dog, your carpet, or every itch on your ankle.It is designed to make you harder to surprise.Because once you understand the chain between animal, flea, environment, and human, you can start breaking it.And sometimes one small piece of information, mentioned to the right veterinarian, doctor, parent, or neighbor at the right time, can make a very large difference.Part of the What You Don't Know Is Hurting You series. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. You find a flea on the dog.You kill it.Problem solved.Except the flea you saw may be the smallest part of the problem.Fleas are more than irritating little insects with remarkable jumping skills. They can turn pets into transportation systems, establish hidden life cycles throughout a home, trigger severe allergic reactions, participate in tapeworm transmission, and carry organisms capable of causing serious disease.And here is the particularly unpleasant surprise: Sometimes it is not the flea bite that infects you. It is what the flea leaves behind.In FLEAS: What You Don't Know Is Hurting You, you will discover how flea-borne typhus can spread through contaminated flea dirt, why people often never remember being bitten, why plague still exists without requiring medieval panic, and how dogs, cats, rodents, wildlife, children, and the home environment can become connected through one very small insect.Written in plain English with humor, practical checklists, myth-versus-fact sections, and clear distinctions between established medicine and speculation, this book explains: - How flea infestations really develop - Why treating the pet alone may not solve the problem - How flea-borne typhus is transmitted and recognized - What fever after flea exposure may mean - Why early testing can sometimes be misleading - What modern medicine can do - The real present-day risk of plague - How fleas transmit tapeworms to pets and occasionally people - Why flea dirt matters - How to control fleas without unnecessarily exposing your family or pets to pesticides - How rodents and wildlife fit into the equation - Which symptoms can be watched and which require medical attention - How to make your home and property much less welcoming to fleasThis is not a book designed to make you afraid of your dog, your carpet, or every itch on your ankle.It is designed to make you harder to surprise.Because once you understand the chain between animal, flea, environment, and human, you can start breaking it.And sometimes one small piece of information, mentioned to the right veterinarian, doctor, parent, or neighbor at the right time, can make a very large difference.Part of the What You Don't Know Is Hurting You series. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…