Parasites in Malta

Your pet should be protected against all of these parasites.

     1. This a magnified image of a flea. 

Their bodies are laterally compressed, permitting easy movement through the hairs or feathers on the host's body. They are wingless insects, but do jump great distances.

    2 & 3. These are to magnified images of two types of ticks we have in Malta.

They have a round body which increases in size the more time they engorge on blood. They have 8 legs.

   4. Lifecycle of most internal parasites.

   5. Sandfly

Sandly is a vector of leishmaniosis. Leishmania is a commonly diagnosed disease on the Maltese Islands