Sentinel Dosage For Cats

Sentinel dosage for dogs sentinel products come in different formulations labelled for the size of your dog.

Sentinel dosage for cats. The new product adds the anthelmintic praziquantel to the existing sentinel formula allowing for treatment and control of tapeworms. However there are cat equivalents to sentinel for dogs. Sentinel is the only monthly oral preventive that guards against heartworms adult roundworms adult hookworms whipworms and prevents the development of flea eggs. Sentinel spectrum hews just approved by fda in 2012 is an enhanced version on the traditional sentinel flavor tabs.

The usual dose of sentinel for dogs 2 to 10 pounds is 1 flavor tab every month brown box 11 to 25 pounds is 1 flavor tab every month green box 26 to 50 pounds is 1 flavor tab every month yellow box and 51 to 100 pounds is 1 flavor tab every month white box. This increases the cost by an extra 3 dose compared to the old sentinel tab. One of the chemicals sentinel contains lufenuron is used for the flea prevention. Program liquid for cats comes in two package sizes colored orange or green.

Orange is used for cats weighing up to 10 pounds. As always we encourage you to get the facts and decide for yourself. If your cat is heavier than 20 pounds your vet will come up with a combination of packets that best matches his weight. Sentinel for dogs was only made to be administered to dogs and therefore it is not for cats.

Sentinel flavor tabs are given orally once a month at the recommended minimum dosage of 0 23 mg lb 0 5 mg kg milbemycin oxime and 4 55 mg lb 10 mg kg lufenuron. For dogs over 100 pounds give the appropriate combination of tablets. Flavor tabs should be crushed and mixed into your cat s food. Unfortunately it doesn t prevent fleas from jumping on your pet.

So do expect the. Don t put the health of your dog or cat in the government s hands we wouldn t. For example sentinel spectrum comes in four different versions 2 8 lbs 8 1 25 lbs 25 1 50 lbs and 50 1 100 lbs. In one of the laboratory studies in which lufenuron was administered to beagle dogs as three divided doses equivalent to 17 8x the maximum exposure dose of sentinel spectrum 10 mg kg the ratio of gravid females to females mated was 8 8 or 100 in the control group and 6 9 or 67 in the lufenuron treated group.

It is not safe to use in cats. Green is for cats 11 to 20 pounds. Studies have shown that the collie breed and other herding dog breeds may be more sensitive to elevated levels of milbemycin and more likely to have adverse reactions including coma and death. Sentinel milbemycin oxime lufenuron flavor tabs also control flea populations and adult hookworms and remove and control adult roundworm and whipworm infections in dogs and puppies.

You should pick the one which corresponds to the weight of your own dog.