Sandfly prevention

Re: Sandfly prevention

argyro koukouseli — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:59:52 GMT

dear rob,no worries.there is no systemic absorption,no cross reaction.its safe.its effective.i diagnose one dog every week with leishmaniosis here in central greece and the advantix with scalibor and citronella is the best way to go in my opinion if you live in a country with such a huge problem with leishmaniosis and ehrichiosis at the same time.Open to any ideas.....

Re: Sandfly prevention

Rob Davis — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:59:04 GMT

[quote user="argyro koukouseli"]use scalibor ...it doesnt smell at all! and anvantix at the same time.[/quote]

Dont't they both contain a permethrin type ingredient?

Re: Sandfly prevention

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:22:46 GMT

I recommend Advantix + Milbemax which covers ticks, sandflies, mosquitoes, heartworm and tapeworm or Scalibor + Stronghold +/- Milbemax but Scalibor does not control mosquitoes.

Re: Sandfly prevention

argyro koukouseli — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:02:37 GMT

if dog starts vac now,it will take three months minimum till completing vac programme and be able to leave. also nothing,nor vac,nor scalibor or advantix is 100% effective against sanfly

Re: Sandfly prevention

argyro koukouseli — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:47:35 GMT

use scalibor ...it doesnt smell at all! and anvantix at the same time.

scalibor is good sandfly repellent but is not that good with flea and ticks so we use advantix,also repels sandfly.

from march till october ,in greece,people who want to keep their dogs free of leishmaniosis ,ehrlichiosis,anaplasmosis,babesiosis use advantix spot on every 3-4 weeks and scalibor every 8 weeks and citronella sprays at dusk.

vaccine just came out here.

Re: Sandfly prevention

Michael Woodhouse — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:55:52 GMT

Neil posted as I was looking for a link!

Re: Sandfly prevention

Michael Woodhouse — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:55:22 GMT

Advantix has a 2 or 3 week licence claim against Sand Flies. I asked Bayer and they said it was safe to apply fortnightly a 'couple of times'.

Datasheet

Re: Sandfly prevention

Neil Wheadon — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:54:28 GMT

Advantix?

From data sheet

The product provides repellent (anti-feeding) activity against ticks, sand flies and mosquitoes, thus preventing the repelled parasites from taking a blood meal and thus reducing the risk of disease transmission (e.g. Borreliosis, Rickettsiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Leishmaniasis). However, there may be an attachment of single ticks or bites by single sand flies or mosquitoes.

Re: Sandfly prevention

Rob Loxley — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:38:47 GMT

Don't virbac have a vaccine; is it available in the UK?

Re: Sandfly prevention

Stephen Courtney — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:57:50 GMT

Scalibor collars are the only preventative I can think of, apart from keeping animals indoors at dawn and dusk. no idea how effective either concept is - i jsut had a friend move to costa Rica, her dogs are scalibored up to the eyeballs and they still got Ehrlichia, and the collars are supposed to chase ticks away as well as last 3 months...

If they don't like the smell, best they leave the dog safe in the UK. They won't like treating the dog for Leishmaniasis either. Remember heart worm prevention as well.