a.
Administer macrocyclic lactone preventive drugs to dogs greater than 6 weeks of age prior to relocation.1
Not exact matches
Efficacy of
macrocyclic lactones decreases below 100 % in dogs, however, if first
administered > 2 months after exposure to infective larvae.
i.
Administer an approved
macrocyclic lactone product.
A single dose of topical moxidectin prior to transport will eliminate most microfilariae.4 - 6 OR
Administer an approved
macrocyclic lactone product along with a topical canine insecticide (containing permethrin + dinotefuran + pyriproxyfen) that is labelled to kill and repel mosquitoes.
Administering doxycycline and a
macrocyclic lactone during the 1 - month rest period after melarsomine administration eliminates most of the remaining circulating microfilariae, and any remaining adult worms are essentially sterile and die of attrition over time.
Selamectin is considered the safest option of the
macrocyclic lactones; which can be
administered 6mg / Kg BW, orally in single doses and repeated in one - month in intervals.