NexGard Spectra Chewable Tablets for Dogs

Indications for use, specifying the target species

• For the treatment of flea and tick infestations in dogs when the concurrent prevention of heartworm disease and/or treatment of gastrointestinal nematode infestations is indicated.
• Treatment of flea infestations Ctenocephalides felis and C. canis in dogs for 5 weeks.
• Treatment of tick infestations Dermacentor reticulatus, Ixodes ricinus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus) in dogs for 4 weeks.
• Fleas and ticks must attach to the host and commence feeding in order to be exposed to the active substance.
• Treatment of infestations with adult gastrointestinal nematodes of the following species: roundworms
• Toxocara canis and Toxascaris leonina, hookworms Ancylostoma caninum and Ancylostoma braziliense and whipworm Trichuris vulpis
• Prevention of heartworm disease Dirofilaria immitis larvae with monthly administration.

Special warnings for each target species

Fleas and ticks need to start feeding on the host to become exposed to afoxolaner; therefore the risk of the transmission of vector-borne diseases cannot be excluded.