Milbemax™ wormer for cats and dogs: is there a gap in their worm coverage?
Milbemax™ is a simple way to protect your family and keep your cat and dog safe from threats you can’t see with the naked eye.
Your pets are valuable members of the family so you want to keep them healthy and protected against the risks you can see… but what about the risks you can’t see?
Milbemax™ is a trusted short acting ‘knock-down’ oral de-wormer for the treatment and control of major gut worms; roundworm, whipworm+, hookworm* and tapeworm in cats and dogs.
It is also important to control these intestinal worms because they can pose a risk to human health. Humans can become infested with these worms through contact with pets or by accidental ingestion of worm eggs in a contaminated environment. This risk is often considered highest for young children, the immunocompromised and the elderly.
Why Choose Milbemax™
Protect against all 4 major categories of intestinal worms
Fast and effective
Small easy to administer tablets
Suitable for both cats and dogs
How does it work?
- Roundworms, hookworm* and tapeworms in cats
- Roundworms, whipworm, hookworms* and tapeworms in dogs
*Not clinically significant in cats in NZ.
*Efficacy against the hookworm Uncinaria stenocephala has not been established.
Dogs from 2 weeks of age and 0.5 kg and in cats from 6 weeks of age and 0.5 kg
Unflavoured tablets for dogs. Tasty beef flavoured tablets for cats
Routine deworming of adult cats and dogs can be achieved with 3 monthly dosing. However, this can vary depending on your pet's lifestyle and local parasitic disease risks. Speak to your veterinarian for specific advice.
Worms Can Be Found Just About Anywhere
Preventing your pet from becoming infected with worms is almost impossible. Signs can go unnoticed until the problem becomes serious, and some worms can even be passed onto humans. Therefore, deworming your pet with Milbemax™ is crucial.
Ensure You Choose the Right Treatment
Not all wormers are the same. Some wormers do not treat important species of worms and can leave your pet vulnerable to possible infection. Ensure you are choosing a broad-spectrum wormer that protects your pets from all the major worms, including tapeworms. Talk to your vet to ensure your pets individual worming requirements are being met.
Regular Treatment Can Keep Your Pet Worm-free
By regularly treating your pet with Milbemax™, you will help ensure worms don’t get a chance to cause any issues and help keep your pet and family healthy. Depending on your pet’s lifestyle, every-three-months treatment is recommended. Talk to your vet about what is appropriate for your pet.
Two Powerful Ingredients
Milbemax™ contains two active components: milbemycin oxime and praziquantel. These two active ingredients have been trusted by vets across the globe for more than 20 years. Milbemax™ combats worms and helps to keep your pet healthy and happy.
Worms can make your pet ill
Your pet may look healthy, even when infected with worms. A worm infection may result in an animal suffering from vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss or coughing. Many signs remain invisible until the problem is serious. It is always better to be safe than sorry when it comes to treating your pet for worms
Regular worming provides protection
We recommend routine deworming of adult cats every 3 months. Regular use of Milbemax™ will help ensure you win the battle against worms.
- Roundworms, hookworm* and tapeworms in cats
- Roundworms, whipworm, hookworms* and tapeworms in dogs
*Not clinically significant in cats in NZ.
*Efficacy against the hookworm Uncinaria stenocephala has not been established.
Dogs from 2 weeks of age and 0.5 kg and in cats from 6 weeks of age and 0.5 kg
Unflavoured tablets for dogs. Tasty beef flavoured tablets for cats
Routine deworming of adult cats and dogs can be achieved with 3 monthly dosing. However, this can vary depending on your pet's lifestyle and local parasitic disease risks. Speak to your veterinarian for specific advice.
Worms Can Be Found Just About Anywhere
Preventing your pet from becoming infected with worms is almost impossible. Signs can go unnoticed until the problem becomes serious, and some worms can even be passed onto humans. Therefore, deworming your pet with Milbemax™ is crucial.
Ensure You Choose the Right Treatment
Not all wormers are the same. Some wormers do not treat important species of worms and can leave your pet vulnerable to possible infection. Ensure you are choosing a broad-spectrum wormer that protects your pets from all the major worms, including tapeworms. Talk to your vet to ensure your pets individual worming requirements are being met.
Regular Treatment Can Keep Your Pet Worm-free
By regularly treating your pet with Milbemax™, you will help ensure worms don’t get a chance to cause any issues and help keep your pet and family healthy. Depending on your pet’s lifestyle, every-three-months treatment is recommended. Talk to your vet about what is appropriate for your pet.
Two Powerful Ingredients
Milbemax™ contains two active components: milbemycin oxime and praziquantel. These two active ingredients have been trusted by vets across the globe for more than 20 years. Milbemax™ combats worms and helps to keep your pet healthy and happy.
Worms can make your pet ill
Your pet may look healthy, even when infected with worms. A worm infection may result in an animal suffering from vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss or coughing. Many signs remain invisible until the problem is serious. It is always better to be safe than sorry when it comes to treating your pet for worms
Regular worming provides protection
We recommend routine deworming of adult cats every 3 months. Regular use of Milbemax™ will help ensure you win the battle against worms.
- Roundworms, hookworm* and tapeworms in cats
- Roundworms, whipworm, hookworms* and tapeworms in dogs
*Not clinically significant in cats in NZ.
*Efficacy against the hookworm Uncinaria stenocephala has not been established.
Dogs from 2 weeks of age and 0.5 kg and in cats from 6 weeks of age and 0.5 kg
Unflavoured tablets for dogs. Tasty beef flavoured tablets for cats
Routine deworming of adult cats and dogs can be achieved with 3 monthly dosing. However, this can vary depending on your pet's lifestyle and local parasitic disease risks. Speak to your veterinarian for specific advice.
Worms Can Be Found Just About Anywhere
Preventing your pet from becoming infected with worms is almost impossible. Signs can go unnoticed until the problem becomes serious, and some worms can even be passed onto humans. Therefore, deworming your pet with Milbemax™ is crucial.
Ensure You Choose the Right Treatment
Not all wormers are the same. Some wormers do not treat important species of worms and can leave your pet vulnerable to possible infection. Ensure you are choosing a broad-spectrum wormer that protects your pets from all the major worms, including tapeworms. Talk to your vet to ensure your pets individual worming requirements are being met.
Regular Treatment Can Keep Your Pet Worm-free
By regularly treating your pet with Milbemax™, you will help ensure worms don’t get a chance to cause any issues and help keep your pet and family healthy. Depending on your pet’s lifestyle, every-three-months treatment is recommended. Talk to your vet about what is appropriate for your pet.
Two Powerful Ingredients
Milbemax™ contains two active components: milbemycin oxime and praziquantel. These two active ingredients have been trusted by vets across the globe for more than 20 years. Milbemax™ combats worms and helps to keep your pet healthy and happy.
Worms can make your pet ill
Your pet may look healthy, even when infected with worms. A worm infection may result in an animal suffering from vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss or coughing. Many signs remain invisible until the problem is serious. It is always better to be safe than sorry when it comes to treating your pet for worms
Regular worming provides protection
We recommend routine deworming of adult cats every 3 months. Regular use of Milbemax™ will help ensure you win the battle against worms.
Top questions about Milbemax™
Since our pets are exposed to parasites through various sources, it is nearly impossible to prevent them from coming into contact with worm eggs, or larvae. Worming is important both for your pet’s health and for lowering the risk of contaminating the environment and exposing the family (zoonosis). Routine de-worming is important to protect your pet and keep them healthy. Adequate hygiene measures e.g. washing hands, regularly picking up your pet’s droppings etc. also form an important part of protecting your family from these nasty parasites.
Your pet needs worm protection from an early age. Pets can become infected with worms before they are even born. Larvae can be passed on from the mother through the womb, or through contamination of the mother's milk. That's why experts recommend starting treatment for puppies from 2 weeks of age (as long as they weigh at least 0.5 kg) and then treatment again at 4, 8 and 12 weeks of age. It is recommended that kittens should be dewormed from 6 weeks of age (as long as they weigh at least 0.5 kg), then again at 8 and 12 weeks of age. Nursing mothers should be treated at the same time as their puppies/kittens.
You may not be able to tell if your pet has worms because it may not show obvious signs, that is why it is best to have a vet check your pet for worms regularly. However, there are some signs that may indicate that your pet has worms:
- rubbing their bottom on the floor
- vomiting
- diarrhoea or abnormally smelly stool
- a dull coat
- loss of appetite
- lack of energy
- a swollen belly i.e. pot-belly - particularly with puppies and kittens
- breathing difficulties
- coughing
- any unusual behavioural changes
If you look closely, you may occasionally see worms in your pet’s stool. Worm eggs are microscopic, so they can’t be seen in your pet’s poo.
Fleas can carry certain species of tapeworm and pass them on, so flea treatment is also critical in the defense against worms. If you only worm your pet without treating it for fleas, you run the risk that your pet is reinfected before long. The best way to keep your pet free of fleas is by regularly applying an effective flea treatment. Advantage™ is a monthly topical flea treatment for puppies, dogs, kittens, cats and rabbits* which kills fleas through contact, so they don’t have to bite your pet to die. Both Advantage™ and Seresto™ have the added advantage of controlling fleas from developing in the pet's immediate environment. Seresto™ flea and tick collars for cats and dogs effectively kills fleas and ticks for up to 8 months.
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