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Your veterinary surgeon may prescribe this medication for allergic respiratory disease such as feline asthma. It must be used with other medication such as corticosteroids and bronchodilators.…
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Ectoparasiticides are used to treat or prevent ectoparasitic infestations such as fleas, ticks, mange mites, ear mites, lice, and sandflies. It is important that these parasites are kept under control, for example some animals may be allergic to flea saliva so that a flea bite will cause the animal to become very itchy and irritable (flea allergy dermatitis).
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Endoparasiticides are also called anthelmintics or wormers. These medicines are used for treatment and/or prevention of roundworms (nematodes), tapeworms (cestodes), and heartworm disease.
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Imidacloprid is a topical insecticidal agent prescribed by your veterinary surgeon to treat fleas on dogs, cats and rabbits. It can also help in control of allergic skin disorders due to…
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Probiotics contain normal naturally occurring 'good' bacteria and 'good' yeast. They are used to re-colonise the gastrointestinal tract when the normal balance of microflora (bacteria) has…
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Fenbendazole is used to control roundworms and some types of tapeworms and products are available for use in dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, birds and reptiles. Your veterinary surgeon may prescribe fenbendazole for a pregnant bitch to reduce the chance of the puppies being born with worms.
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Various types of medication are used for pregnancy termination (abortion) in bitches. One type of medication (estradiol) needs to be given soon after mating to be effective, the other type of…
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Insulin, to stabilise diabetic pets, is the usual drug that has to be administered daily by owners. There are others and we thought that this handout may be of value. Single use syringes and…
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Manufacturers of licensed products for dogs have today made tremendous efforts to ensure that medicines are not only efficacious but also palatable. Syringes, spoons, droppers and other…
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Many drugs in tablet form, licensed for use in dogs, have been specially formulated with palatability in mind. However, if the dog is at all suspicious he is unlikely to eat the tablet…