These are carried by the fleas. Ear mites can cause severe ear infections and as a result tear staining. Fleas require a pro-active approach to keep under control. Before attempting to remove the tear staining from a dog's face, it is most important to have eliminated the source of the staining. Otherwise it will just come back and many times it will be worse than before.
The definition of an artifact is something made by humans and often is a primitive tool, structure, or part of a functional item. An example of an artifact would be a cooking pot found by archaeologists that Ancient Romans might have used. any object made by human work; esp., a simple or primitive tool, weapon, vessel, etc.
Cultural artifact or artefact is a term used in the social sciences, particularly anthropology, ethnology, and sociology for anything created by humans which gives information about the culture of its creator and users.Artifact is the spelling in American English; artefact is usually preferred elsewhere.Cultural artifact is a more generic term and should be considered with two words of similar, but narrower, nuance: social artifact and archaeological artifact.ocial artifacts, unlike archeological artifacts, do not have to have a physical form (see for example virtual artifact), nor do they have to be of historical value (items created seconds ago can be classified as social artifacts).