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.
i. Administer an approved
macrocyclic lactone product.
Not exact matches
[Several]
products contain
macrocyclic lactones which kill the tissue stages of heartworm larvae and are given once a month.
«All preventives contain at least one
macrocyclic lactone and at least one
product (containing each ingredient in the class) failed.
A passage in the CAPC guidelines written in capital letters practically shouts the importance of using approved «adulticide»
products to treat heartworm infected dogs rather than the «slow - kill» method of using
macrocyclic lactone preventives to gradually treat an adult heartworm infection.
In the study they had four groups: a control group, the topical
product only group, a
macrocyclic lactone - only group, and a
macrocyclic lactone with the topical
product group, and the latter was the only group where there was no development of adult heartworms.