Heartworm and Flea Preventative

We recommend that dogs be on heartworm and flea preventative year round.  It's also a good idea to have your cat on heartworm preventative as well.  There are many different types of heartworm and flea preventatives available for your pet. Here are the medications that we carry to clarify them for you:


Heartworm Prevention for Dogs:
Heartgard - monthly chewable tablet given for prevention of heartworms. Also used to treat and control roundworm and hookworm infections.
Interceptor - an oral tablet given monthly for prevention of heartworms, roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms.
Trifexis - monthly chewable tablet for prevention of heartworms, fleas, roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms.
Proheart - 6 month injection used for the prevention of heartworms and hookworms.


Flea Prevention for Dogs:
Frontline - topical prevention for fleas and ticks.
Comfortis - monthly chewable tablet used for prevention of fleas.


For Cats:
Revolution - topical preventative for fleas, heartworms, hookworms, roundworms, and ear mites.
Frontline - topical prevention for fleas and ticks.


As you can see we carry a range of preventatives, however there are many other products available for prevention that we may not carry but would be happy to answer any questions you may have.  At Beach Pet Hospital, we recommend testing yearly for Heartworm disease before starting on preventative.  Not only do we test for Heartworm, but also for Lyme disease and Ehrlichia, which are tick-born diseases.  Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns. Thank you for reading our blog.


The Doctors and Staff of Beach Pet Hospital

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Welcome to Beach Pet Hospital's brand new Blog Page!
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The Doctors and Staff of Beach Pet Hospital