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Archive for March 25th, 2008

Discover Advantage Flea Control For Dogs That Really Works.

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by Rebecca Foxton

Apart from Frontline flea and tick treatment, the second most effective flea treatment available in the market is Advantage flea and tick treatment.

It provides a very efficient flea control for dogs and it is made by a name you can trust, Bayer. Advantage flea control for dogs and cats remains one of Bayer’s most popular products. This leader also makes many other lines in the healthcare industry.

Biting fleas are stopped in three to five minutes after Advantage Flea and Tick control is applied. Within an hour of application it begins to kill adult fleas, and after 12 hours of application, 98-100 percent of fleas are killed.

It is a very convenient and clean way of dealing with such an unsavory problem, as a single application lasts a month.

It is essential to get rid of fleas as soon and thoroughly as possible because besides causing skin infections and discomfort, fleas also spread other parasites like tapeworm.

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Find Your Lost Pets- Have Them Microchipped

by Rob Metras

if we don’t protect our pets they may become statistics. Not something we would want when we could avoid the problem by using today’s technology. The Microchip RFID Tag is a simple and useful tool in stopping uneccesary euthanasia.

Microchip RFID technology is widespread throughout the world and allows pets to be scanned and their owners identified through their registration in pet recovery databases. The chip, the size of a grain of rice, is implanted under the skin near the shoulder blades of the animal. This can be done at the same time your veterinarian is doing the animals vaccinations and or booster shots. The chip is a small radio transponder which is excited by the scanner and allows the chip number to be read.

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Why Pet Health Insurance is A Must

by John B Murphy

Many owners must put down their pet because they cannot afford the rising cost of necessary treatment. Every year 1 in 3 pet become injured or sick, and the most common reasons for a pet to visit the vet are: cuts or lacerations, lameness, road traffic accident, cancer and abscess.

Most visits to the vet are unexpected and cannot be planned for. This is why pet health insurance can help you when the unexpected visit to the vet come round. Here are some good reasons why you should investigate pet health insurance.

Costs Won’t Get in the Way of Proper Treatment

Today, the medical technology available to pets is increasing at an enormous rate. Your pet has a greater chance of surviving a traumatic injury than ten year ago thanks to advances in veterinary techniques. Only a few years ago it was unthinkable that an ordinary dog or cat could have open heart surgery or chemotherapy. And yet today this is common.

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