Fleas - Better Health Channel.
Fleas feed off the blood of humans and animals such as dogs and cats. A flea bite is intensely itchy and secondary infections are common. Treatment options include anaesthetic creams and icepacks to reduce the swelling. Fleas can transmit disease ... [... more]
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A series of Lucid keys to Insect Pests and Beneficials ...
Best management practices for Integrated Pest Management in rice involve the correct identification of insect pests and of the beneficials or natural enemies that predate or parasitise these pests. A series of Lucid identification keys have been ... [... more]
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Bugmatch Citrus
BugMatch Citrus allows you to identify pests, pathogens and deficiency diseases in citrus. Colour images, video, sound and text are combined to give you a comprehensive coverage of some of the factors affecting citrus production as well as a ... [... more]
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Pesticides - how to choose a pest control service
You should hire a person (pest controller) who holds a Licence to Use Pesticides, if you have a pest problem that is too big to manage yourself. In Victoria this photo ID licence is issued by the Department of Human Services. Sometimes you may ... [... more]
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Spiders - Better Health Channel.
Australia has about 2,000 species of spiders. Most spiders are relatively harmless to humans. First aid for a venomous spider bite depends on the species of spider. If in doubt, always seek medical attention. Spiders are members of the class ... [... more]
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Bites and stings - first aid
First aid for bites and stings should include bandaging the wound and keeping the person immobile until medical help arrives. Do not apply a tourniquet. Call your emergency service and apply CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) if the person ... [... more]
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Pubic lice (crabs)
Pubic lice, or crab lice, infest pubic hair. They can also sometimes affect hair of the armpit, eyebrows, eyelashes, beard and torso. Pubic lice are usually sexually transmitted through skin-to-skin contact. Lice infestation causes no serious ... [... more]
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Pesticides - safety when you use a pest control service
Pesticides are toxic. They need to be used with great care. If they are used carelessly they may damage the health of the person applying them or the health of other people in the community. They may also damage the environment. If you use a ... [... more]
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Pesticides - home safety issues
Household pesticides are substances that you may use at home to control pests. They can cause harm if not used appropriately. Household pesticides may be used to control insects like cockroaches, mosquitoes and fleas or rodents like rats and ... [... more]
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CERIT Quick Links
Urban & Commercial Insect Pest Management in Australia is our Piece of Cake! CERIT is an industry linkage centre of UNSW providing research and development, consulting and training services in insect pest management. C/- School of B.E.E.S UNSW ... [... more]
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Authors: Darryl Hardie & Ernestos Kostas
PestThreatSaver; is an exotic pests of Western Australia screen saver that was produced as a free service to the agricultural industry by Agriculture Western Australia as a collaborative project involving Hort-Guard and Grain-Guard. It contains ... [... more]
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GrainSaver Screen Saver
Contains over 30 images and information on exotic pests of Western Australia. Also available: Have a guess at identifying these specimen images from our online Insect Collection Database (ICDB). On August 24, 2000 Agriculture Western Australia ... [... more]
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