Prevent fleas and heartworms from affecting pets

Heartworms and fleas are parasites that can cause critical problems in pets. The good news is that these parasites can now be prevented using safe, effective, and easy-to-administer treatments. It is a well-known fact that heartworm disease can damage the lungs, heart, and other related blood vessels. This disease is transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito. In dogs, heartworm disease is treatable, but it is very painful and expensive. Although there are no authorized products for the treatment of heartworm in cats. Fleas are blood-sucking parasites that transmit tapeworms and can cause flea allergy dermatitis (FAD). Therefore, it is recommended to prevent heartworms and fleas in pets.

Some facts about heartworms

• Heartworm disease affects dogs, cats, and up to thirty other species of mammals.
• This disease is spread through parasitic worms that reside in the main pulmonary vessels and sometimes in the heart.
• This disease can cause a wide range of problems that affect the heart, liver, lungs, and kidneys of pets. In some extreme cases, it can even lead to death.
• In cats, heartworms can cause a respiratory disorder that mimics feline asthma. But there is no approved treatment for heartworms in cats.
• Heartworm disease is 100% preventable, but there are still many pets that are diagnosed with this disease each year.
• There are more than 25% of heartworm-infected cats that live indoors.

Prevention of heartworm disease

Sentinel Spectrum is recommended as a heartworm preventative treatment in dogs. It is one of the best treatments available for dogs that provides a 100% heartworm prevention guarantee, along with the prevention of four other intestinal parasites including: hookworms, roundworms, tapeworms, and whipworms. It even helps prevent fleas from laying eggs, thereby controlling flea infestations.

Fleas can cause critical problems in cats and dogs. Some of the adverse reactions of fleas in pets include: continuous itching and scratching, hair loss, scabs, skin damage, and skin infection. It is also known as flea allergy dermatitis (FAD).

Some facts about fleas

• Fleas can affect not only pets, but humans as well.
• Fleas can spread tapeworms to pets and people.
• They play an important role in the spread of cat scratch fever between cats and humans.
• Fleas can suck a lot of blood from pets, which can result in wasting and even severe anemia.
• Fleas can be seen almost anywhere in the year. But they are less frequent in the colder months.

Flea prevention

Advantage is one of the best flea preventative treatments available on the market. It is a completely waterproof monthly treatment that allows dogs to get into the water without wearing off the effect of the treatment. Helps prevent flea allergy dermatitis (DAPP). Flea bites are avoided within 5 minutes of treatment administration. It also kills 100% of chewing lice within a week of its administration and is effective for a full month. Kills adult fleas within half a day of administration and 99% of flea larvae within 20 minutes of administration.

The combination of Advantage and Sentinel Spectrum is the easiest way to protect your pets from these pesky parasites.