Spotlight on Medicines - Choosing Systemic-Acting Flea and Tick Products

Choosing a systemic flea and tick product

The free article (link below) answers veterinary professionals’ questions about the environmental effects of systemic-acting flea and tick products. Using data on absorption and excretion, it offers comparison tables to help with product choice. There are also important messages for clients to ensure product efficacy and also to mitigate transfer of parasiticide drugs into the environment,

In this video

  • What we know about the environmental effects of systemic flea and tick treatments.

  • The difference between topical-acting spot-ons and systemic-acting spot-ons.

  • The importance of advising pet owners to bag and bin pets’ faeces.

  • The crucial importance of giving fluralaner and lotilaner tablets with food, and what this actually means.

  • Practical guidance on choice of product among tablets, spot-ons and injection.

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Choosing Systemic-Acting Flea And Tick Treatments With The Environment In Mind

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