Sentences with phrase «if immiticide»

Based on the above, it may be best to give Heartgard (not Heartgard Plus) weekly until treatment with Immiticide is begun, or until the dog no longer tests positive for heartworms, if Immiticide treatment is not used.

If Immiticide treatment is not available, or if you have a dog with early - stage heartworm disease, then long - term use of ivermectin with doxycycline is a reasonable alternative.

Earlier detection of the heartworm infection will allow us to discuss alternative treatment options if Immiticide is unwanted or unavailable.

Not exact matches

But if he does, you have some options to avoid the dangerous Immiticide treatment.

I learn toward not treating him again with Immiticide but I would really press your veterinarian on what s / he would do if it were their own dog because there are so many variables involved including objective (bloodwork) and subjective (how they felt like he handled the treatment last year, etc) that all of those things should go into your decision.

I have never had to treat a dog a second time - contacting the Immiticide manufacturer and discussing it with them may be a good idea too - not only will they potentially be able to help with cost, I would be interested to see if they may recommend not treating him again as well.

If a dog is heartworm positive, that dog is fixed and heartworm treated in GA with immiticide injections PRIOR to coming to our rescue partner.

Merial states that Immiticide kills 90 % of the adult worms but I am uncertain if that is always the case.

If there just is no money to treat the dogs with Immiticide, by all means DO put them on the Heartgard.

He is heartworm positive and I took him in to start his «Immiticide» treatment this past Monday 2/7/08, and was told if everything went well he should be able to come home on that Wednesday 2/9/08.

Leaving the dog untreated is no solution, as the worms can cause a similar problem even if you have not yet treated the dog with Immiticide to kill them.

If your dog was treated with Immiticide in October, for instance, and started on Heartgard at that time, baby heartworms acquired in June, July, August and September will go ahead and mature, and be showing up in the next spring's blood test.