Unlike dogs, heartworm - positive cats are at very low risk of developing adverse reactions
from macrocyclic lactones.
Not exact matches
More commonly, microfilariae are eventually eliminated, even
from non-adulticide-treated dogs, after several months of treatment with prophylactic doses of the
macrocyclic lactones.
Use microfilaricidal doses of
macrocyclic lactones to reduce transmission
from pets receiving adulticidal treatment.
The new data shows that blocking transmission
from dogs to mosquitoes, and
from mosquitoes to dogs, using repellents / insecticides and
macrocyclic lactone preventives is part of a multi-modal approach.