Get Straight Up Facts On Fleas, Ticks, Heartworm And Kennel Cough
The most widely accepted external parasite treatments currently available for pets are Frontline, Advantage, Revolution and Bio-Spot.
These brands of pet flea treatments all provide a month of guaranteed protection.
Imidacloprid is the key ingredient in Advantage Flea that works to destroy the flea’s nervous system, rendering the flea paralyzed and quickly ending its life.
Ninety eight to a hundred percent of the fleas on the animal die within 12 hours of application.
Frontline and Advantage brand flea killers work nearly instantaneously and keep working for a long time.
Your pet need not suffer due to fleas if the treatment is on hand.
All you need to do is choose the best dog or cat flea medication for your situation.
External parasites that live off of the blood of mammals, reptiles, and birds are often referred to as mites and ticks.
The American dog tick is arguably the best known of the five in North America.
As far as disease transmission to humans goes, ticks come in at a frightening second place to mosquitoes.
Ticks can transmit diseases such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, equine encephalitis, and ehrlichiosis.
Additionally, they are responsible for transmitting livestock and pet diseases.
Another common kind of mites are the wood ticks that live in the Rocky Mountains.
Some common weapons to combat them are tick collars and anti-flea/tick shampoos.
Warm weather means an increase in the tick population and the need to monitor your dog for these parasites. When a tick is found it should be completely removed.
Part of the tick may be left in the wound, if you are not careful, thus increasing the likelihood of infection.
Unlike diseases passed by ticks, heartworm is transmitted by mosquitoes, and the larva then live in the bloodstream of the animal bitten by the mosquito.
The parasites go through several stages before becoming adults.
When heart worms mature into adults, they make their way to feed off the blood in the heart.
This can cause symptoms including coughing, difficulty breathing, and ultimately heart failure.
If the disease is caught early enough, there are treatments available that may prevent the death of a pet from this parasitic disease.
Interceptor for dogs is one such treatment, which also tackles hookworms and ascarid infections.
Another common infection that your dog may experience is kennel cough.
Dogs are very susceptible to this highly contagious form of bronchitis, hence the name, as it can spread in areas where dogs are kept in close proximity.
Prevention is possible through vaccinating for canine adenovirus, distemper, parainfluenza, and bordetella and the infection itself treated with antibiotics.
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