Preventives can be used in case of dogs to avoid the heartworm problems in case of dogs. However, the preventive drugs need to be given some times by injection once in six months.
Most of the times, the preventives like ivermectin helps to control the problem caused by other parasites also, including the external parasites like ticks and roundworms and hookworms. Oral forms are available in the market.
Topical applications are also available with this product for use in dogs. Pyrantel may be found as an additional ingredient with this product and this product helps in the prevention of hookworms and roundworms also.
Similarly many monthly given preventives are available in the market and however, giving same drug every time may per haps lead to the development of drug resistance in the dogs. Hence, the preventives may be changed in the course of time. Only at the age of six weeks, this drug may be given to the dogs.
