Related Experiment Videos
The efficacy of ultrasonic pest controllers for fleas and ticks
1Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Republic of South Africa.
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
Two ultrasonic pest controllers, a pet-collar unit and a large unit for household use, were tested for their efficacy in repelling fleas and ticks in a choice chamber. Neither unit had any affect on the distribution of fleas or ticks in the choice chamber up to 24 h exposure, and activity of fleas, ticks and cockroaches was unimpaired. The study extends and supports previous findings that ultrasound is ineffective as a means of controlling common pests of households and pets.