Sentinel for Dogs

Sentinel for dogs are tablets, orally administered once in a month to dogs to prevent them from heatworm diseases and flea populations. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has universally recognized it and puppies of four weeks of age or older ones can make use of them.

These tablets provide protection against parasites such as fleas, heatworms, adult hookworms (Ancyclostoma caninum), adult roundworms, roundworms (Toxascaris leonine) and whipworms. Sentinel for dogs are known to prove successful in 99% events of flea infections.

Lufenuron and Milbemycin oxime are two main ingredients of sentinel tablets. Lufenuron restricts the development of flea eggs and thus, limits the multiplication of flea populations. However, Lufenuron does not affect adult fleas. Milbemycin oxime kills both immature and adult heatworms. It is thus, considered to hamper the parasite's nerve transmissions.

Certain side effects in the skin, digestive and brain processes occur in a tiny percentage of dogs.

Usage of Sentinel Tablets:

Vets prescribe Sentinel tablets once every month on the same date with meal or immediately after the meal for positive results. Dog owners may mix these tablets with moist canned food or in other food delicacies. It is important to maintain the time gap of 30 days between two consecutive doses.

Giving sentinel for dogs can be exercised during particular seasons such as the monsoons, when there abundant of mosquitoes. For dogs at a higher risk of flea infection, the dose may blend with a flea product such as adulticide, which reduces flea infestation.

In case of seasonal administration, the first dose starts in the first 30 days, when the dog is infected and the last dose is for 30 days after the infection subsides. If a particular dose has been missed out, than a tablet is necessary to intake immediately and the subsequent doses will follow the schedule of the last dose given.

If the medication has been stopped up to a period of six months, than another test has to be undertaken for any symptoms of infection and the medicine needs to be started accordingly.

Sentinel tablets have to be kept away from toddlers and children. The dose has to be stored in wrappers and not removed unless it is time to offer the medicine. For storing the tablets, room temperature with dry atmosphere is suitable. Therefore, it is good to discuss these precautions regarding sentinel for dogs with a professional vet.

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