Parasite Preventative Care

A comprehensive and up to date parasite prevention regime plays an essential role in helping your pet live a longer, healthier life. With the wide range of parasite prevention products now available, it can be difficult to know which option (or combination of options) is best suited to your pet.

Key parasites to protect against


In our area, the key parasites we need to protect against include:

  • Intestinal worms; hookworm, whipworm, roundworm and tapeworm

  • Heartworm 

  • Ticks; paralysis ticks are of particular concern, however other species can also cause illness and transmit disease 

  • Fleas


Prevention Regimes

Dogs

Option 1:

Annual tick/flea and heartworm injections administered by one of our friendly vets, combined with a 3 monthly intestinal worming tablet administered at home. This option provides peace of mind year round, and reduces the stress to both you and your pet, allowing you to focus on enjoying time with your mate. 

Cats

Option 1:

Felpreva provides comprehensive coverage in a single product, with the added bonus of only requiring application every 13 weeks. In our opinion this makes it probably the least stressful option for your feline friend. 

Option 2:

Annual heartworm injection, combined with Bravecto chews/spot on and 3 monthly intestinal wormer administered at home. 

Option 2:

Nexgard Spectra again provides comprehensive coverage similar to Felpreva, however needs to be applied every 4 weeks. 

Option 3:

Monthly “all-in-one” given at home such as Nexgard Spectra or Simparica Trio. These products cover all of the above listed parasites EXCEPT for most tapeworms (only flea tapeworm is covered by these products). A separate tapeworming tablet (available to purchase in-clinic and very cost effective) is recommended to be given every 3 months to most dogs (more frequently in puppies younger than 6 months).

Option 3:

Bravecto Plus provides coverage for paralysis ticks, fleas and most intestinal worms EXCEPT tapeworm. For consistent coverage against paralysis ticks it must be applied every 10 weeks. A separate tapewormer is also recommended to be given every 3 months (more frequently in kittens younger than 6 months). 

Important

It is important to note that the above recommendations are general in nature, and will not be suitable for all pets (for example those with known seizure disorders or dogs undergoing food allergy diet trials). If you would like individualised parasite control tailored to your pet’s lifestyle, age and health problems, please don’t hesitate to contact our team - we are always happy to help.