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C. felis and C. canis are the two most important flea species of companion animals worldwide. Their pattern of distribution as found by different working groups is gathered into the following tables (Table 3A, Table 3B).

Table 3A: Distribution pattern of the cat flea (C.felis) taking into consideration the host animal, the geographical appearance and the rate of infestation (where mentioned)

Location	Host Animal	Infestation Rate	Reference
Argentina	dog	most prevalent	Lombarddero and Santa-Cruz 1986
Australia,Queensland	dog	most prevalent	Cornack and O'Rourke 1991
Austria	dog	81.4% prevalence	Supperrer and Hinaidy 1986
Austria mixed infestation	cat	96.3% prevalence	Supperrer and Hinaidy 1986
Czechoslovakia	dog	0.0% pevalence	Zajicek 1987
Denmark	dog	most prevalent	Kristensen and Kieffer 1978; Kristensen et al. 1978
Denmark	dog	54.3% prevalence	Haarlov and Kristensen 1977
Denmark	dog	64.7% prevalence	Kristensen et al. 1978
Denmark	cat	100% prevalence	Haarlov and Kristensen 1977
Denmark mixed infestation	cat	95.3% prevalence	Kristensen et al. 1978
Egypt	dog	most prevalent	Amin 1966
France	dog	most prevalent	Bourdeau and Blumenstein 1995
Germany	dog	most prevalent	Liebisch et al.1985; Müller and Kutschmann 1985
Germany (West)	dog	59.9% prevalence	Liebisch et al. 1985
Germany (East)	dog	45.8% prevalence	Müller and Kutschmann 1985
Germany	dog	1.2% prevalence	Kalvelage and Münster 1991
Germany	cat	11.1% prevalence	Kalvelage and Münster 1991
Germany (West) mixed infestation	cat	100% prevalence	Liebisch et al. 1985
Great Britain	dog	17.1% prevalence	Beresford-Jones 1981
Great Britain	cat	100% prevalence	Beresford-Jones 1974
Great Britain	cat	100% prevalence	Beresford-Jones 1981
Ireland	dog	4% prevalence	Baker and Hatch 1972; Baker and Mulcahy 1986
Puerto Rica	dog	most prevalent	Fox 1952
Poland	dog(strays)	only a few specimen found on dogs	Piotrowski and Polomska 1975
South Africa,Western Cape	dog	most common	Briggs 1986
South Africa,Transvaal	dog	most common	Horak 1982
Sweden	dog	0.0% prevalence	Persson 1973
United Kingdom	dog	most prevalent	Beresford-Jones 1981; Chesney 1995; Coward 1991; Geary 1977
United Kingdom, London	dog	most prevalent	Beresford-Jones 1981
United Kingdom	dog	15.4% prevalence	Beresford-Jones 1974
USA, southeastern Wisconsin	dog and cat	most prevalent	Amin 1976
USA, Indiana	dog and cat	most prevalent	Dryden 1988
USA, Virginia	dog and cat	100% prevalence	Painer and Echerlin 1985
USA, North-Central Florida	dog	92.4% prevalence	Harman et al. 1987
USA, North-Central Florida	cat	99.8% prevalence	Harman et al. 1987

Table 3B: Distribution pattern of the dog flea (C.canis) taking into consideration the host animal, the geographical appearance and the rate of infestation (where mentioned)

Location	Host Animal	Infection Rate	Reference
Austria	dog	most prevalent	Ressl 1963
Austria	dog	18.6% prevalence	Supperer and Hinaidy 1986
Austria mixed infestations	cat	3.7% prevalence	Supperer and Hinaidy 1986
Czechoslovakia	dog	2.0% prevalence	Zajicek 1987
Denmark	dog	42.1% prevalence	Haarlov and Kristensen 1977
Denmark	dog	29.8% prevalence	Kristensen et al.1978
Denmark with infestations	cat	5.3% prevalence	Kristensen et al.1978
Germany (West)	dog	42.9% prevalence	Liebisch et al. 1985
Germany (East)	dog	39.6% prevalence	Müller and Kutschmann 1985
Germany	dog	0.6% prevalence	Kalvelage and Münster 1991
Germany (West) mixed infestations	cat	5.3% prevalence	Liebisch et al. 1085
Great Britan	dog	6.2% prevalence	Beresford-Jones 1974
Great Britan	dog	2.6% prevalence	Beresford-Jones 1981
Great Britan (rural)	dog	most prevalent	Edwards 1968
Ireland	dog	most common	Baker and Hatch 1972 Baker and Mulcahy 1986
Ireland, Dublin	dog	most prevalent	Baker and Hatch 1972;
Ireland	dog	86% prevalence	Baker and Hatch 1972; Baker and Mulcahy 1986
New Zealand	dog	most prevalent	Guzman 1984
New Zealand	dog	most prevalent	Guzman 1984
Poland	dog (strays)	40% prevalence	Piotrowski and Polomska 1975
Sweden	dog	0.3% prevalence	Persson 1973
USA, Indiana	dog	18% prevalence	Dryden 1988

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