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Parasites in Malta
Parasites
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




