Keep
your pet on a monthly preventative to protect them from parasitic diseases like heartworm (caused by mosquitoes), Lyme disease (caused by ticks), and flea allergy dermatitis (caused by fleas).
Not exact matches
Frontline Plus Frontline Plus for dogs and cats is a
monthly flea
preventative that kills 100 % of adult fleas
on your
pet within 18 hours and 100 % of all ticks within 48 hours.
It is common for clients to say they do not see fleas
on their
pets; thus they choose to forgo flea and deworming
monthly preventatives.
All you have to do is make sure your
pet is
on a
monthly preventative medicine.
Q - Why do you recommend annual heartworm testing even if my
pet is
on a
monthly preventative?
All
pets are kept current
on monthly heartworm and flea / tick
preventatives until the time of adoption.
In looking at these resources, I can help explain to
pet owners the importance of
preventative medicine and ensuring that our beloved
pets get their
monthly medications (or those given every three or six months, depending
on the product).
A call to your Vet will be placed to check
on sterilization of your present
pets, current vaccinations and
monthly Heartworm
preventative for any dogs you may own.
On the positive side, the cost of
monthly preventatives have come down and urbanization,
pet owner education and standards of living have increased.
If you live in an area where mosquitoes and heartworms are prevalent, it is important to put your
pets on a
monthly regimen of
preventative drugs.
All
pet (s) must be
on monthly heartworm
preventative (such as Heartgard) and have a history of being
on heartworm prevention.
The Burlington Veterinary Center follows the recommendations of the American Heartworm Society and the Companion Animal Parasite Council in advising our dog owners to test their dogs annually for heartworm infection and keep their
pets on monthly heartworm
preventative year round.
If your
pet is not
on a
monthly heartworm
preventative, the risks of contracting this potentially fatal disease are significantly increased.
If your
pet is
on a
monthly flea
preventative but you are still finding fleas, read our detailed guide
on why your
pet's flea medication may not be working.
Which transmits heartworms to your dog, whom they feed
on in between and how efficient they are in passing
on the disease can all contribute to your
pet's exposure to heartworms and the amount of resistance those worms have to
monthly heartworm
preventatives.
A volunteer will contact the veterinary reference (s) you provided to determine if your current
pets are spayed / neutered, kept up - to - date
on vaccinations, maintained
on monthly heartworm
preventative, and generally well cared for
on a consistent basis.
Now, for the same
monthly amount that you spend
on grooming or quality
pet food, you will have access to the very best
preventative medical care that you're
pet needs.
If you purchased heartworm
preventative from PetCareRx, and your
pet contracted heartworm while
on continuous use of the heartworm
preventative on a
monthly basis, you may be eligible for treatment reimbursement.
But considering the poor accuracy (ref) of veterinary fecal floatation methods when parasite numbers are few or moderate, it is much safer to just keep your
pet on a
monthly heartworm or flea
preventative that also prevents intestinal parasites.
Your veterinarian will test your
pet for heartworms either yearly or every other year depending
on if your
pet is
on monthly preventatives.
Thankfully, with no more than a small blood sample and collection of a stool sample for inexpensive and non-invasive testing
on a regular basis combined with
monthly preventative medications, we can prevent and detect these parasites and keep your loved
pets and families safe and healthy.
At PBVC, we have always preached that the best way to avoid the cost of an expensive flea allergy visit is to keep your
pet on monthly flea
preventative all year long!
Your
pet should be up to date
on their
monthly heartworm prevention and flea / tick
preventative.
Parasite Prevention: We strongly urge all dog owners to put their
pets on monthly year - round parasite
preventative.
Most fleas live in the environment, not
on your
pet (only 5 % live
on your
pet), so there a number of things you can do to reduce flea numbers in your environment as well as using a
monthly preventative.
If your
pet is not
on monthly heartworm
preventative then it should be started now.