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Flea and tick treatment satisfaction, preference, and adherence reported by cat owners in the US, UK, or France who treated their cats with transdermal fluralaner.

Robert Philip Lavan, Robert Armstrong, Hannah Newbury, Dorothy Normile, Celine Hubinois

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Article in Open veterinary journal. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Field efficacy of fluralaner (BravectoParasites & vectors · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Robert Philip LavanCenter for Observational and Real-World Evidence, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
Robert ArmstrongMerck Animal Health, Madison, NJ, USA.
Hannah NewburyMSD Animal Health, City of London, UK.
Dorothy NormileMerck Animal Health, Madison, NJ, USA.
Celine HubinoisMSD Animal Health, Puteaux, France.
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USDépartement Santé Animale · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Fluralaner (Bravecto Aim: To describe veterinarian recommendations for ectoparasiticide medications used in the UK and France along with veterinary recommendations previously reported from the US, as well as to assess cat owners' experience with a commercial transdermal spot-on fluralaner formulation administered to cats in the US and similarly describe the experiences of cat owners from the UK or France who administered fluralaner for feline flea and tick prevention. Methods: Clients of participating veterinary practices in the US, UK, or France who were visiting the clinic for a routine wellness visit, were currently treating their cat with fluralaner (Bravecto Results: Owners in the US (451 cats), UK (512 cats), and France (520 cats) completed surveys. Most cat owners (66%-75%) had previously administered other flea and tick products. More than 94% of cat owners surveyed in each country were satisfied or very satisfied with fluralaner. The most frequently reported benefit of using fluralaner was the 12-week dosing interval, selected by 76% of respondents in the US, 82% in the UK, and 70% in France. 79%-88% of cat owners (depending on the country) thought that dosing with extended duration fluralaner was more convenient than dosing with monthly flea and tick products and 86%-89% of cat owners that had used other flea and tick products preferred fluralaner over the other flea and tick products. Conclusion: Veterinarians in the US, UK, and France recommended 12 months of flea protection and 9-11 months of tick protection per year, even though, in this study, cat owners usually purchased 1-3 months of protection per year. A longer flea and tick dosing interval, as seen with fluralaner, correlates with higher user satisfaction and preference among cat owners. Owners identified the 12-week dosing interval and single dose efficacy as the top reasons for selecting the fluralaner product for their cat. In all three countries, most cat owners indicated that they were more likely to deliver doses of extended duration fluralaner on time, compared to flea and tick products dosed monthly.

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SiphonapteraTicksAnimalsCatsFranceIsoxazolesPersonal SatisfactionUnited KingdomA1443 compoundIsoxazolesCatsEctoparasitesFleasFluralanerTicks

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PMID34722211
PMCPMC8541722
OpenAlexW3200109621

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