Least Toxic Tick Treatment?

[sandgrubber]

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I thought comfortis was only for fleas? Has anyone had any success using it for tick prevention?

Yes. See http://www.havaneseforum.com/archive/index.php?t-12210.html

Not sure if it has gone through drug trials for ticks, but people using it seem to find it eliminates ticks.

There has been some scientific testing and the active ingredient in Comfortis has proven effective against some ticks.

Here's an abstract from the journal Veterinary Parasitology. "Comparative efficacy of spinosad with conventional acaricides against hard and soft tick populations from Antalya, Turkey

http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/19446398

They concluded: "Our results showed that spinosad would be a useful addition in a tick control program as an alternative for pyrethroids and organic phosphorus acaricides against both tick species."

[aliwake]

Thanks, I'll have a read. Would be great to think I could just use panoramis and everything would be sorted! Having lost a dog to paralysis tick though, I'd hate to take chances.