Sentences with phrase «with oral heartworm»

Some interesting results came out of a study of Ceva's Vectra 3D flea / tick / mosquito repellant: It turns out it's a powerful tool in the fight against canine heartworm disease, relying on what the company calls the «double defense» of a topical mosquito repellant combined with oral heartworm preventive.

Not exact matches

We have monthly oral heartworm preventatives in combination with intestinal wormers, and we have oral preventatives in combination with intestinal wormers that also can inhibit the hatching of flea eggs.

And for her, continuing topical therapies, oral Any-Itis, and diffusion (along with supplements and great diet)- but taking a break from oral use of her heartworm active blends - was the most appropriate course of action for her.

Heartworm is a parasite that causes a serious disease which we treat through prevention with yearly topical or oral medication.

The active ingredient, moxidectin, is in the same drug family as the monthly oral heartworm preventatives we are already familiar with: Heartgard, Interceptor, and Sentinel.

Flea control measures include: bathing, dipping, collars, Sentinel («flea birth control» - an oral tablet that acts by sterilizing fleas), Capstar (oral tablet offers rapid elimination of adult fleas, usually within 30 minutes), Comfortis (month - long chewable tablet that kills fleas and prevents reinfestations), Advantage topical (kills fleas up to thirty days with monthly application), Frontline topical (kills fleas and ticks), Revolution topical (heartworm preventative and kills fleas and ticks as well), Vectra topical (works by killing adult fleas, preventing development of immature flea stages, and repelling ticks and mosquitoes), Trifexis (monthly chewable tablet for dogs that kills fleas, prevents heartworm disease, and treats / controls adult hookworm, roundworm and whipworm infections), and - very important - treating the environment with carpet powders, foggers, or sprays.

There are dozens of flea control products on the market that fall into many categories: with / without heartworm and intestinal parasite prevention, with / without tick control, prescription and over-the-counter, topical and oral, products that kill adult fleas and those that block the development of immature fleas, those that are greatly affected by bathing and others that aren't, some that are very safe for one species and toxic to other types of pets.

He did fine and we were able to prevent heartworm infection and fleas successfully with two oral products instead of one.

Heartworm infection should be considered in cats with respiratory, oral, and abscess conditions as well as in cats with retroviral infections.

In cases which do not respond to amitraz, some success is being obtained with milbemycin or ivermectin, oral heartworm preventives, but this requires daily treatment, and these drugs are not approved for this use.