Parasite Control

Fleas

• Resistant to many pesticides.
• Source of tapeworms and cause allergic skin disease.

Recommendation

• Comfortis monthly all year around (fleas only).
• Frontline instead every month (fleas and ticks).
• Trifexis

Intestinal Parasites

• Far more prevalent in household dogs than thought.
• Commonly picked up from rabbit droppings, dog parks, beaches and trails.
• Some are transmissible to humans by close contact.

Recommendation

• Sentinel or Interceptor pill monthly all year
• Stool examinations twice a year.
• Trifexis

Heartworm Disease

• Endemic, not epidemic, in local area.
• Transmitted by mosquitoes.
• Easily and safely prevented. Difficult and risky to treat.

Recommendation

• Trifexis