Squirmy Worms
This type of worm looks like spaghetti when found in stool
What is a roundworm?
It takes more than 24 hours for a tick to transmit Lyme or Ehrlichia, but Anaplasma can be transmitted in this shorter time frame.
What is 12 hours?
This product starts killing fleas within 30 minutes, and can be used on kittens and puppies as young as 4 weeks old.
What is Capstar?
After an infected mosquito bite, it takes this long for a heartworm test to show positive results.
What is 6 months?
This preventative product kills fleas and ticks, and stays in the skin glands (is not absorbed into the bloodstream).
What is Frontline? (And Frontline Plus)
This parasite looks like grains of rice in the stool, but may NOT show up on a fecal float.
What is tapeworm?
This is the amount of time it takes NexGard to start killing ticks
What is 12 hours?
This is the amount of time it takes NexGard to start killing fleas
What is 4 hours?
This product can prevent heartworm infection for 12 months with one injection, but does not prevent any other parasites.
What is ProHeart?
This preventative protects cats from fleas, ticks, heartworms, hookworms, roundworms, lungworms, and tapeworms.
What is NexGard Combo?
This parasite can cause severe anemia in puppies, and can even mimic the signs of Addison's disease.
What are hookworms?
This species of tick is responsible for the most tick-borne disease cases in Minnesota.
A pet with fleas is more likely to have this GI parasite.
What are tapeworms?
This product kills fleas, ticks, heartworm, roundworms, and hookworms in dogs, and is flavored with pork liver
What is Simparica Trio?
This ingredient found in some flea and tick products is toxic - even fatal - to cats.
What is permethrin?
This parasite is killed by Interceptor Plus but NOT Heartgard.
What is tapeworm
This is how many different species of ticks live in Minnesota.
What is 13 species.
This is how long it takes Frontline to start killing fleas
What is 18-24 hours?
This product is flavored with real chicken, and may not be the best choice for dogs with food allergies.
What is Interceptor Plus
This is the labeled minimum age for starting Frontline, Revolution, and NexGard Combo in cats.
What is 8 weeks?
This is the ingredient that makes Interceptor Plus taste bitter.
What is Praziquantel?
Flushing a tick down the toilet won't kill it because ticks can survive under water for this long.
What is 2-3 days?
A single flea can lay this many eggs each day.
What is 40-50 eggs
This is the gene mutation that makes certain dogs - especially herding breeds - very sensitive to Ivermectin.
What is MDR-1
This parasite doesn't infect cats as often as dogs, but when it does, 25-30% of them are indoor only cats, and they can have permanent lung damage.
What is Heartworm?