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Heartworm and/or Flea Preventatives

Sentinel- this is a heartworm preventive pill that we recommend giving once a month for the life of you pet.  Sentinel protects against heartworms-which are spread by mosquitoes, it also prevents roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms which are intestinal parasites that your pet may contract as a puppy/kitten or from the environment.  Sentinel also has an added flea preventative.  It acts as a flea birth control, it does NOT kill the adult fleas.

Interceptor- This is another heartworm preventative pill that we also recommend giving once a month for the life of your pet.  Interceptor protects against heartworms, roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms.  This heartworm prevention pill does NOT have any added flea protection.

Vectra 3D- Vectra 3D is a liquid topical flea preventative that is applied between the shoulder blades of your dog and applied on the back of the neck of your cat.  This topical is applied once a month to kill adult fleas, flea eggs, flea larvae, flea pupae, ticks,chewing lice and repels mosquitoes.  It is also waterproof.

This information covers the heartworm and flea control products that we sell at our clinic.  It is not a complete list of all the products available on the market today.

This section contains our recommendations for flea and heartworm prevention.  This section also contains information regarding our specific services and detailed information about our vaccines and what we offer.

*A note to pet owners*

It is very important to keep your  pet(s) protected with a heartworm and/or flea preventative due to zoonotic diseases.  A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be spread from animals to humans by zoonotic parasites, such as roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, and tick borne diseases.  Children are especially susceptible to those zoonotic diseases due to putting their hands in their mouths after playing outside or in unsanitary environments.