Preventing and controlling fleas and ticks on your pets, as well as preventing heartworm infestation, is an incredibly important part of routine care. Our hospital offers education on a number of different parasites and proper prevention. The most common parasites pets deal with are fleas, ticks and heartworms. Fleas and ticks are external parasites, while heartworms fall into the internal parasite category along with other common worms like roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms. Fleas and ticks are capable of transmitting infection and disease to pets through a bite. Many pets also suffer from severe allergic reactions to the bites of fleas and ticks. 

Any parasite can be a danger to your pet so it is important to set your pet up with one of the many commercially available products we have listed that protect pets from these parasites in order to maintain their pet's health. Our staff and veterinarians will help you choose the correct product based on your pets risk factors and health status.

To familiarize yourself with the different preventative products we carry at Cherry Ridge, read on below.


Canine Preventative Products

HEARTGARD Plus

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HEARTGARD® Plus (ivermectin/pyrantel) is a monthly chewable given to your dog that’s formulated to kill heartworms as well as help treat and control hookworms. An infected mosquito that bites your dog can potentially lead to permanent damage in less than three months. That’s why it’s important to keep your dog on a monthly heartworm preventative year-round. Before treating your dog, make sure they have a current annual heartworm test result on file with your vet. HEARTGARD Plus is safe to use in all dogs aged 6 weeks and older regardless of weight. Regular dosing is recommended by the American Heartworm Society as an easy way to protect your dog throughout the year. Don’t forget, it’s important to talk to your veterinarian about any other drugs your pet is taking before starting HEARTGARD Plus.

Benefits:

  • Convenient, easy to give soft chewable made from real beef and can be given as a treat—most dogs really love the taste!
  • Single monthly chew for easy administration
  • For puppies as young as 6 weeks
  • Safe for pregnant and breeding dogs
  • Available in 3 weight categories
  • It's Safe!

Interceptor Plus

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Interceptor® Plus is a monthly chew that protects dogs and puppies 6 weeks or older and 2 pounds or greater against heartworm disease, adult hookworm, roundworm, tapeworm and whipworm infections.

Benefits:

  • Prevents heartworm disease
  • Treats and controls: hookworms, roundworms, whipworms and tapeworm
  • Available in 4 weight categories
  • Single monthly chew for easy administration

NexGard

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NexGard is for use in dogs only. NexGard comes from the makers of Frontline Plus. NexGard kills adult fleas before they lay eggs and prevents ticks. This product contains an ingredient called Afoxolaner, that helps treat and control fleas and ticks and keeps killing for a full 30 days.

Since it is an oral preventative, NexGard is ideal for dogs that cannot have, or are irritated by, topical preventatives.

Benefits:

  • FDA Approved
  • Bite Sized Flea and Tick flavored chewable
  • Puppies can be 8 weeks of age and older to use this product
  • You can sign up for monthly reminders every 30 days from NexGard
  • Comes in 4 different weight categories
  • Safe to use!

Revolution 

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Revolution is a monthly preventative that kills fleas and prevents eggs from hatching. It helps resolve infestations and prevent ones from occurring. One dose a month at the base of the neck in front of the shoulder blades is all your dog needs for protection against fleas, heartworms, and other parasites. After application, Revolution enters the bloodstream through the skin. Concentrations of Revolution in the blood and tissues prevent heartworm disease. Revolution redistributes from the blood to the skin, where it provides protection against fleas, flea eggs, American dog ticks, and mites.

Benefits:

  • Easy to apply
  • Fast drying, non-greasy topical
  • FDA approved
  • Protection for puppies 6 weeks and older
  • Treats and controls sarcoptic mange
  • Controls American dog tick infestation
  • Treats and controls ear mites
  • Prevents and controls flea infestations
  • Prevents flea eggs from hatching
  • Kills adult fleas
  • Prevents heartworm
  • Only available from your veterinarian

Seresto

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The Seresto collar offers flea and tick protection to dogs and cats for 8 months! Seresto kills fleas within 24 hours and kills ticks within 48 hours of initial application. This collar comes in two sizes safe for use in dogs over 7 weeks of age: Small dogs up to 18lbs and large dogs over 18lbs.

Benefits:

  • Repels and kills fleas and ticks
  • If a tick is repelled, it can't attach and transmit organisms that may cause disease
  • Non-greasy, odorless, and easy to use
  • Water-resistant and remains effective following a shampoo treatment, swimming or exposure to rain or sunlight
  • Collar is designed with a release system in case your pet were to ever get stuck
  • Safe!

Simparica Trio

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Simparica Trio is a once-a-month chewable that protects your dog with three proven ingredients designed for defense. It’s available from your vet with a prescription and comes with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

Benefits:

  • Protects dogs against heartworm disease, ticks & fleas, roundworms & hookworms
  • FDA-approved to block infections that may cause Lyme disease by killing deer ticks
  • Demonstrated safe for puppies as young as 8 weeks old, weighing at least 2.8 lbs
  • Just 1 monthly Simparica Trio chewable provided 100% protection in a study
  • The only chewable proven to kill 5 types of ticks. Competitive chewable brands are only approved to kill 4
  • Prevents flea infestation by killing fleas before they can even lay eggs. Starts killing within 4 hours, and achieved 100% effectiveness in 8 hours in a study
  • Treats and controls roundworms and hookworms to protect your dog from intestinal parasites

Tri-Heart Plus 

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Heartworms can infect your pet without you even knowing it. The best way to protect your dog is to prevent it from happening! Tri-heart plus is the generic version of Heartgard Plus that offers the same protection by preventing canine heartworm disease, and treating and controlling roundworms and hookworms, too! Tri-heart plus is used monthly as directed to help prevent heartworm infection in your dog and help avoid the risk, stress, and long periods of confinement that go along with treatment for heartworm disease. Each bite from an infected mosquito can introduce new heartworm larvae into your dog's bloodstream and re-infect an unprotected dog. Use of Tri-Heart Plus every month as directed kills immature heartworms introduced to your dog in the last 30 days, preventing the development of adult heartworms

Benefits:

  • Available in three weight categories
  • Convenient, easy to give crunchy chewable
  • Economical
  • It's safe
  • For puppies as young as 6 weeks
  • Safe for pregnant/breeding females

Vectra 3D 

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Vectra 3D is a topical preventative for dogs that kills fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, biting and sand flies, lice, and mites through contact so parasites don't have to bite to die.

Benefits:

  • Fast acting
  • Kills through contact; parasites don't have to bite to die
  • Begins reducing flea feeding in 5 minutes
  • Repels and kills fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, biting and sand flies, lice and mites
  • Long lasting - protects for 1 month
  • Remains effective after bathing and swimming
  • Protection for puppies as young as 8 weeks of age
  • Applicator that is super easy to use
  • Available in 4weight categories


Feline Preventative Products

Revolution Plus

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Help protect your four-legged friend from pesky critters with this 6-in-1 broad spectrum monthly Topical Solution for Cats by Revolution Plus. Simply apply the quick-drying, small-volume prescription to help: kill fleas before they lay eggs, kill ticks for a full month, prevent heartworm disease and treat and control roundworms, hookworms and ear mites. This topical medication is suitable for cats and kittens eight weeks of age or older, weighing between 5.6 and 11 pounds.

Benefits:

  • One application a month can help protect your cat from the most common parasites
  • Revolution Plus is a simple-to-apply, quick-drying, small-volume, monthly topical solution
  • Provides dual action against fleas by combining the power of selamectin and sarolaner
  • Safe for cats and kittens as young as 8 weeks of age, weighing 2.8 lbs or more

Profender 

profender

Profender makes treating intestinal parasites easy for both you and your cat, and it only takes a single dose in most cats. Many other dewormers require follow up dosing. Profender controls tapeworms, roundworms, and hookworms.

Benefits: 

  • Topical treatment meaning no more struggling to pill your cat
  • Stress free for your cat
  • No messy pastes or injections that may cause pain
  • Easy application
  • Kills adults and larval stages of roundworms and hookworms. 

Seresto 

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The Seresto collar offers flea and tick protection to dogs and cats for 8 months! Seresto kills fleas within 24 hours and kills ticks within 48 hours of initial application.  This collar can be used in kittens 10 weeks and older.

Benefits:

  • If a tick is repelled, it can't attach and transmit organisms that may cause disease
  • Repels and kills fleas and ticks
  • Non-greasy, odorless, and easy to use
  • Water-resistant and remains effective following a shampoo treatment, swimming or exposure to rain or sunlight
  • Collar is designed with a release system in case your pet were to ever get stuck
  • Safe!

Catego

catego

Catego® is an effective monthly prevention and treatment of fleas, ticks and chewing lice for cats and kittens (weighing over 1.5 lbs and over 8 weeks of age). Catego is designed specifically for cats and only cats. 

Benefits: 

  • Kills adult fleas, flea eggs, flea larvae, ticks, and chewing lice
  • Kills fleas on cats within 6 hours
  • Kills fleas and ticks on cats through contact
  • Persistent efficacy through 30 days
  • Convenient, easy to apply
  • For cats and kittens weighing over 1.5lbs and over 8 weeks of age


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