Your Cat Has Fleas! You Look at the Ingredients in the Flea

question 71

Multiple Choice

Your cat has fleas! You look at the ingredients in the flea control ointment, and see that it contains methoprene, a juvenile hormone analog.What does this accomplish?

• A)prevents flea larvae from maturing
• B)kills juvenile fleas
• C)reinvigorates the cat's immune system, to repel the fleas
• D)forces juvenile fleas to mature early, disrupting development of reproductive organs

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