Injection For Fleas And Ticks

When fleas and ticks have invaded your house and are biting you or your pets, you will try to find any means necessary to get rid of these parasites. There are several types of products that may help you to kill fleas and ticks on contact. The most common types are sprays and sticks, both of which must be used with care by trained personnel. However, there is another type of product that can prove useful in this fight against pests — the topical injection for fleas and ticks.

Injection For Fleas And Ticks

A vaccine is a medicine that usually contains antigens of a living organism, mostly a microorganism (e.g. bacteria, viruses, etc.) that is pathogenic for humans or animals (or both). These antigens are administered to the animal that needs protection in order to stimulate its own immune system to produce antibodies against those antigens and this way fight the harmful intruders. In a few cases, the vaccine does not contain antigens, but already antibodies against the harmful intruder. Both antigens and antibodies are mostly very complex proteins that can only be produced by living organisms. This means that they are not at all synthetic chemicals as the vast majority of pesticides and parasiticides.

Numerous human and animal diseases are due to intruding microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. There are vaccines against many of these microorganisms: e.g. against smallpox, cholera, rabies, tetanus, encephalitis, influenza, etc. Viruses and bacteria are rather simple organisms and it is technically quite easy to produce vaccines against many of them. In fact, >99% of all vaccines available today are against such organisms.

However, ticks, fleas, mites, lice, flies, worms and other parasites are multicellular organisms substantially more complex than viruses and bacteria. And it is much more difficult to produce vaccines against them. One of the reasons is that they have found ways to fool the immune system of their host. As already said, there are so far no true vaccines against such parasites for humans or pets, and only very few for livestock.

Progress so far with antiparasitic vaccines

A lot of research has been carried out in the last decades on the development of vaccines against external and internal parasites of livestock and pets. Some of those parasites have features that make them theoretically suitable for being controlled through vaccines (and it would be a tremendous business…). This is the case for all those parasites that remain in close contact with the host during a long period of time, and therefore are exposed to the host’s immune system. Many parasites are inside the host (e.g. all parasitic worms, cattle grubs, botfly maggots, mites, etc.) others are on the host’s surface, either sucking blood (e.g. fleas, ticks, etc.) or feeding on injuries (e.g. screwworm and blowfly maggots), etc.

Injection For Fleas And Ticks

 

Fleas and ticks are common pests for dogs and cats. They can cause discomfort for your pet, as well as lead to other health issues. While flea treatments, such as topical medications and powders, are effective in controlling these parasites, they are often not as fast-acting or long-lasting as they need to be. In some cases, these products may not work at all.

Injection For Fleas And Ticks is a powerful drug that is injected into your dog’s skin. This product kills fleas and ticks instantly upon contact. It will also prevent them from coming back for up to 30 days after administration.

It’s important to note that this injection should only be given by a veterinarian or trained professional who has been authorized by the manufacturer to do so.

List Of Injection For Fleas And Ticks